1 00:00:06,666 --> 00:00:08,166 A TRAGEDY, TWO SCULPTURES RISE 2 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:09,933 FOR HOPE AND HEALING. 3 00:00:08,166 --> 00:00:13,700 THESE CARTER COUNTY CAVES 4 00:00:09,933 --> 00:00:15,266 PROVIDE A REFUGE AND AMMUNITION. 5 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:17,033 WENDEL BEARY AND BOBBIE ANN 6 00:00:15,266 --> 00:00:19,066 MASON, LOOM FATE THE STORY 7 00:00:17,033 --> 00:00:19,466 BEHIND A STRANGE MAYFIELD 8 00:00:19,066 --> 00:00:21,066 MONUMENT. 9 00:00:19,466 --> 00:00:24,400 AND YOU'LL FIND ANTIQUES, ART 10 00:00:21,066 --> 00:00:24,800 AND MORE AT THE OVEN FORK 11 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:25,866 MERCANTILE. 12 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:41,633 THESE STORIES COMING YOUR WAY 13 00:00:25,866 --> 00:00:41,633 NEXT ON KENTUCKY LIFE. 14 00:00:49,833 --> 00:00:51,900 >> HELLO, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT, 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,200 WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE. 16 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:55,033 IT'S ONE OF LIFE'S HARD TRUTHS 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,566 TO BE HUMAN IS TO EXPERIENCE THE 18 00:00:55,033 --> 00:00:58,900 PAIN OF LOSS. 19 00:00:56,566 --> 00:01:00,133 AS INDIVIDUALS, WE ALL GRIEF 20 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:02,333 DIFFERENTLY BUT WHEN LOSS 21 00:01:00,133 --> 00:01:04,133 EFFECTS A WHOLE COMMUNITY OR 22 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:04,500 ENTIRE NATION, HOW DO WE 23 00:01:04,133 --> 00:01:05,933 RESPOND? 24 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:07,133 HOW DO WE FIND A WAY 25 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:09,100 COLLECTIVELY TO DEAL WITH THE 26 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:12,166 PAIN AND MOVE FORWARD? 27 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:15,866 THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF 9/11 TESTED 28 00:01:12,166 --> 00:01:18,500 OUR NATIONAL RESOLVE AND 2006 29 00:01:15,866 --> 00:01:19,466 CRASH OF COMAIR FLIGHT 5191 IN 30 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:20,366 LEXINGTON, SHOCKED THE COMMUNITY 31 00:01:19,466 --> 00:01:22,533 AND THE STATE. 32 00:01:20,366 --> 00:01:24,266 TWO MEMORIALS INSPIRED BY THESE 33 00:01:22,533 --> 00:01:25,500 EVENTS WERE RECENTLY DEDICATED 34 00:01:24,266 --> 00:01:27,733 IN KENTUCKY. 35 00:01:25,500 --> 00:01:31,166 THE SCULPTURE CREATED BY 36 00:01:27,733 --> 00:01:32,466 ACCLAIMED ARTIST AND THE ONE 37 00:01:31,166 --> 00:01:34,000 BUILT BY U.K.'S COLLEGE OF 38 00:01:32,466 --> 00:01:36,433 DESIGN ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 39 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,166 BUT AT A BOTH SHARE A COMMON 40 00:01:36,433 --> 00:01:41,866 THEME AND PURPOSE, TO HELP US 41 00:01:38,166 --> 00:01:44,633 REMEMBER, HONOR AND HEAL. 42 00:01:41,866 --> 00:01:46,566 >> THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 43 00:01:44,633 --> 00:01:47,566 11, 2001, HAVE FOREVER IMPACTED 44 00:01:46,566 --> 00:01:49,433 OUR LIVES. 45 00:01:47,566 --> 00:01:51,833 REMEMBERING THE TRAGEDY OF THAT 46 00:01:49,433 --> 00:01:53,666 DAY AND CONSIDERING HOW WE AS A 47 00:01:51,833 --> 00:01:55,633 NATION HAVE GROWN SINCE THEN, 48 00:01:53,666 --> 00:01:59,533 WORK TO ENCOURAGE THOSE IN ALL 49 00:01:55,633 --> 00:01:59,900 WALKS OF LIFE STRUGGLING WITH 50 00:01:59,533 --> 00:02:01,733 CRISIS. 51 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:03,166 SAINT ELIZABETH HEALTH CARE 52 00:02:01,733 --> 00:02:04,533 HOSPICE PARTNERED WITH THE U.K. 53 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:07,633 COLLEGE OF DESIGN TO CREATE 54 00:02:04,533 --> 00:02:09,133 THEIR OWN LASTING REMINDER AND 55 00:02:07,633 --> 00:02:11,300 IT CENTRES AROUND A PIECE OF 56 00:02:09,133 --> 00:02:13,866 STEEL RECOVERED FROM THE WORLD 57 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:14,733 TRADE CENTER. 58 00:02:13,866 --> 00:02:16,900 >> FIRST READ ABOUT THE 59 00:02:14,733 --> 00:02:19,733 OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN A PIECE OF 60 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:20,400 STEEL SEPTEMBER OF 2009 IN THE 61 00:02:19,733 --> 00:02:22,233 SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES. 62 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,666 IT'S A BEAUTIFULLY-WRITTEN 63 00:02:22,233 --> 00:02:25,466 ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE 64 00:02:23,666 --> 00:02:27,200 FACT THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY OF 65 00:02:25,466 --> 00:02:29,700 GIVING A COUPLE OF THOUSAND 66 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,466 PIECES AWAY AND IF YOU WERE A 67 00:02:29,700 --> 00:02:31,866 QUALIFIED NONPROFIT OR 68 00:02:30,466 --> 00:02:33,633 GOVERNMENT AGENCY, YOU COULD 69 00:02:31,866 --> 00:02:35,533 SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR A PIECE. 70 00:02:33,633 --> 00:02:37,566 IT IMMEDIATELY STRUCK ME THIS 71 00:02:35,533 --> 00:02:41,066 WOULD BE SOMETHING PERFECT, NOT 72 00:02:37,566 --> 00:02:43,133 ONLY AS A SYMBOL FOR HOSPICE 73 00:02:41,066 --> 00:02:45,300 AWARENESS BUT FOR THE ENTIRE 74 00:02:43,133 --> 00:02:47,933 NORTHERN KENTUCKY REGION. 75 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:49,233 I SERVE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF 76 00:02:47,933 --> 00:02:52,433 U.K.'S COLLEGE OF DESIGN AND 77 00:02:49,233 --> 00:02:56,233 THEY GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO DESIGN 78 00:02:52,433 --> 00:02:59,666 THE BASE AND CONSTRUCT IT ALSO. 79 00:02:56,233 --> 00:03:00,833 >> WE TRIED TO MAKE A REALLY 80 00:02:59,666 --> 00:03:02,866 SLEEK, ELEGANT BASE. 81 00:03:00,833 --> 00:03:07,233 IT WAS NOT TOO INTRUSIVE ON WHAT 82 00:03:02,866 --> 00:03:10,200 THE ACTUAL BEAM WAS BOTH 83 00:03:07,233 --> 00:03:12,000 SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH AND WAS 84 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:15,266 TRYING TO BE PLAYED FOR AS THIS 85 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,066 KIND OF MOBILE MEMORIAL. 86 00:03:15,266 --> 00:03:18,733 >> WHEN REESE FIRST APPROACHED 87 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:20,033 ME AND ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO 88 00:03:18,733 --> 00:03:21,233 PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT, I 89 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:22,766 WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT 90 00:03:21,233 --> 00:03:25,266 BECAUSE I HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN 91 00:03:22,766 --> 00:03:27,033 THE MARINE CORP BEFORE I STARTED 92 00:03:25,266 --> 00:03:28,100 SCHOOL HERE. 93 00:03:27,033 --> 00:03:29,633 I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN THE 94 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:30,966 IDEA FIRST CAME TO US AND FIRST 95 00:03:29,633 --> 00:03:32,700 SHIPPED TO US BECAUSE I DIDN'T 96 00:03:30,966 --> 00:03:35,200 WANT TO TOUCH IT BECAUSE IT FELT 97 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:37,066 SORT OF SACRED TO ME. 98 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,866 >> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 99 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:41,566 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE 100 00:03:38,866 --> 00:03:42,000 GAVE THE UNIVERSITY WAS 101 00:03:41,566 --> 00:03:43,666 SIMPLICITY. 102 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,933 A PIECE OF STEEL, WE THOUGHT IT 103 00:03:43,666 --> 00:03:46,600 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE COMBINED 104 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:48,533 AND PAIRED WITH CONCRETE. 105 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,300 BECAUSE REINFORCED CONCRETE IS 106 00:03:48,533 --> 00:03:51,733 WHAT MADE THE BUILDING STAND UP 107 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:54,133 TO BEGIN WITH. 108 00:03:51,733 --> 00:03:54,900 >> TO CREATE THE BASE, 109 00:03:54,133 --> 00:03:56,633 SOPHISTICATED ROUTEING EQUIPMENT 110 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:59,633 WAS USED TO SHAPE THE MULTIPLE 111 00:03:56,633 --> 00:03:59,966 FOAM PIECES NEEDED TO FORM A 112 00:03:59,633 --> 00:04:02,733 MOLD. 113 00:03:59,966 --> 00:04:05,633 ONCE TOGETHER, THE MOLD WAS 114 00:04:02,733 --> 00:04:06,000 CRAFTED AND FILLED WITH 115 00:04:05,633 --> 00:04:08,066 CONCRETE. 116 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:12,800 TWO DAYS LATER, IT WAS OPENED TO 117 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:15,033 REVEAL THEIR HARD WORK. 118 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,366 >> I WAS PLEASED WITH THE END 119 00:04:15,033 --> 00:04:17,900 RESULT. 120 00:04:15,366 --> 00:04:19,966 THERE WERE SOME IMPERFECTIONS. 121 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:22,966 HOWEVER, DUE TO ALL THE RUST AND 122 00:04:19,966 --> 00:04:27,633 THE CORROSION THAT IS ALREADY 123 00:04:22,966 --> 00:04:28,733 KIND OF EXHIBITED ON THE IVY, IT 124 00:04:27,633 --> 00:04:32,966 REALLY MATCHED GRACEFULLY. 125 00:04:28,733 --> 00:04:35,166 IT SORT OF REVEALED THE BONES OF 126 00:04:32,966 --> 00:04:37,466 THE STRUCTURE OF A BUILDING AND 127 00:04:35,166 --> 00:04:40,700 IT SORT OF GETS TO THE HEART OF 128 00:04:37,466 --> 00:04:46,100 WHAT HAPPENED WITHIN THE TOWERS. 129 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:48,900 >> SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, REVISED 130 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:49,233 OUR WAY OF LIVING AND CHANGED 131 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:51,133 FOREVER. 132 00:04:49,233 --> 00:04:52,433 >> THE FINISHED MEMORIAL WAS 133 00:04:51,133 --> 00:04:54,500 UNVEILED AT A PUBLIC SERVICE 134 00:04:52,433 --> 00:04:57,566 HOSTED BY THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE 135 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:59,866 OF COVINGTON. 136 00:04:57,566 --> 00:05:01,466 THERE, A CAPACITY CROWD GATHERED 137 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:03,766 TO MARK THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF 138 00:05:01,466 --> 00:05:04,466 THE ATTACKS AND TO FIND 139 00:05:03,766 --> 00:05:04,800 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE ROAD 140 00:05:04,466 --> 00:05:06,600 AHEAD. 141 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,666 THE MEMORIAL WILL NOW RESIDE AT 142 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,600 SAINT ELIZABETH HEALTH CARE 143 00:05:08,666 --> 00:05:12,266 HOSPICE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. 144 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,800 >> AND I REALLY HOPE MORE THAN 145 00:05:12,266 --> 00:05:16,200 ANYTHING, THAT IT SYMBOLIZES 146 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,866 WHEN SOMEBODY SUFFERS A LOSS, 147 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,866 WHAT WE CAN DO. 148 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,400 >> WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE 5191 149 00:05:34,666 --> 00:05:39,766 DISASTER, I HAD NO IDEA THAT I 150 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,066 WOULD EVER CREATE A MONUMENT FOR 151 00:05:39,766 --> 00:05:43,800 THAT. 152 00:05:40,066 --> 00:05:44,200 I HAD NO IDEA I WOULD BE 153 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,700 CREATIVE. 154 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,100 BUT CINCINNATI IS A BIG COMAIR 155 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:50,966 TOWN AND THAT MORNING, SUNDAY 156 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:53,166 MORNING, WE CAME TO CHURCH AND 157 00:05:50,966 --> 00:05:54,900 IMMEDIATELY HEARD THE NEWS. 158 00:05:53,166 --> 00:05:57,500 THERE WAS A VEIL OF TENSION JUST 159 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:59,166 EVERYWHERE AND I HAD TWO FRIENDS 160 00:05:57,500 --> 00:06:00,633 IN PARTICULAR THAT I KNEW WERE 161 00:05:59,166 --> 00:06:01,966 FLYING AND I HAD NO IDEA IF THEY 162 00:06:00,633 --> 00:06:04,866 WERE INVOLVED OR NOT. 163 00:06:01,966 --> 00:06:06,200 SO, IT WAS A REAL HEAVY MORNING. 164 00:06:04,866 --> 00:06:08,500 AND GRADUALLY, WE HEARD THE 165 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:12,600 PEOPLE WE KNEW WERE NOT 166 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:14,700 INVOLVED, BUT IT'S A TIGHT 167 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:17,033 FAMILY. 168 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:19,433 I THINK IT MADE THIS PROJECT 169 00:06:17,033 --> 00:06:20,400 CLOSER TO MY HEART THAN IT 170 00:06:19,433 --> 00:06:22,066 NORMALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN, 171 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:27,200 BECAUSE HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT 172 00:06:22,066 --> 00:06:31,433 AND ACTUALLY BEING A PILOT 173 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:33,533 MYSELF, I SEEM TO RELATE. 174 00:06:31,433 --> 00:06:35,166 EVEN A LITTLE RIPPLE, EVEN JUST 175 00:06:33,533 --> 00:06:37,666 A RIPPLE, THAT LINE HAS TO BE 176 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:39,100 SUPER SMOOTH SO WHEN THE EYE 177 00:06:37,666 --> 00:06:41,300 CATCHES IT, EVERYTHING FLOWS. 178 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:44,466 ANY KIND OF A RIPPLE OR BUMP IS 179 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:46,666 GOING TO STOP IT. 180 00:06:44,466 --> 00:06:48,600 AND IF IT ISN'T GOING TO GO 181 00:06:46,666 --> 00:06:52,466 AWAY, TAKE A MARKER AND MARK IT. 182 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:57,666 THE CONCEPT IS BASED ON 49 SOULS 183 00:06:52,466 --> 00:07:00,500 THAT WERE LOST THAT DAY. 184 00:06:57,666 --> 00:07:01,100 REPRESENTED BY 49 185 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:02,333 HIGHLY-STYLEIDES BIRDS. 186 00:07:01,100 --> 00:07:04,400 THEY ARE FLYING UP FROM THE 187 00:07:02,333 --> 00:07:06,500 GROUND AND THEY ARE ALL TOUCHING 188 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:08,033 EACH OTHER, WHICH IS SYMBOLIC, 189 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:10,700 THEY ARE ALL TOGETHER BUT THEY 190 00:07:08,033 --> 00:07:11,033 ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS AT THE SAME 191 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:11,866 TIME. 192 00:07:11,033 --> 00:07:14,633 AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING 193 00:07:11,866 --> 00:07:15,233 THAT VERY OFTEN GETS LOST IN 194 00:07:14,633 --> 00:07:17,633 TRANSLATION. 195 00:07:15,233 --> 00:07:20,033 THE REALITY OF THE EXPERIENCE OF 196 00:07:17,633 --> 00:07:21,466 LOSS AND THEN REALITY THAT THESE 197 00:07:20,033 --> 00:07:22,533 WERE PEOPLE, THESE WERE PEOPLE 198 00:07:21,466 --> 00:07:24,400 WITH FUTURES. 199 00:07:22,533 --> 00:07:26,166 THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD JUST 200 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,600 GOTTEN MARRIED OR A COUPLE GOING 201 00:07:26,166 --> 00:07:29,433 TO BUILD HOMES FOR PEOPLE OR A 202 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:33,900 COUPLE CELEBRATING THEIR 203 00:07:29,433 --> 00:07:35,000 50th ANNIVERSARY OR CHILDREN 204 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:37,966 THESE WERE LIVES. 205 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:42,333 AND WE FORGET THAT IN THE SCOPE 206 00:07:37,966 --> 00:07:45,333 OF LARGE DISASTERS I THINK 207 00:07:42,333 --> 00:07:45,933 SOMETIMES THAT INDIVIDUAL GETS 208 00:07:45,333 --> 00:07:49,200 LOST. 209 00:07:45,933 --> 00:07:50,966 >> TO HELP INDIVIDUALIZE THE 210 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,266 MEMORIAL, FAMILY MEMBERS WERE 211 00:07:50,966 --> 00:07:54,166 INVITED TO PLACE MOMENTOS INTO 212 00:07:53,266 --> 00:07:58,800 CANISTERS THAT WERE PLACED 213 00:07:54,166 --> 00:08:02,366 WITHIN EACH BIRD. 214 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:04,700 >> TO ME, BIRDS AND FLIGHT HAVE 215 00:08:02,366 --> 00:08:05,766 ALWAYS HAD A CLOSE ASSOCIATION 216 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:09,266 WITH A SOUL. 217 00:08:05,766 --> 00:08:11,233 THESE SOULS FLYING UP, BEING 218 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:13,833 RELEASED AND THEN A WILD SPIRAL 219 00:08:11,233 --> 00:08:15,933 OF BIRDS JUST FLYING HEAVENWARD 220 00:08:13,833 --> 00:08:21,833 OF THE THE LIKENESS OF THE 221 00:08:15,933 --> 00:08:23,133 IMAGE, LIKENESS OF THE COLOR, 222 00:08:21,833 --> 00:08:26,300 THE SPIRAL MOVEMENT. 223 00:08:23,133 --> 00:08:29,266 KIND OF LIKE -- JUST LIKE THAT. 224 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:30,900 THIS IS MY FIRST MEMORIAL FOR AN 225 00:08:29,266 --> 00:08:33,433 ACCIDENT OF THIS SCALE. 226 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:35,933 I HAVE DONE MONUMENTS TO 227 00:08:33,433 --> 00:08:38,633 INDIVIDUALS, BUT THIS IS UNIQUE 228 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:42,233 IN ANYTHING I HAVE EVER DONE. 229 00:08:38,633 --> 00:08:44,033 AND THERE IS A HUGE 230 00:08:42,233 --> 00:08:47,366 RESPONSIBILITY THAT I FEEL. 231 00:08:44,033 --> 00:08:47,933 THE RIPPLE EFFECT IS SO MUCH 232 00:08:47,366 --> 00:08:50,266 LARGER. 233 00:08:47,933 --> 00:08:53,966 HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE 234 00:08:50,266 --> 00:08:57,433 AND IN THIS CASE, ALL AROUND THE 235 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:57,833 WORLD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED 236 00:08:57,433 --> 00:09:01,833 RADICALLY. 237 00:08:57,833 --> 00:09:05,733 AND I THINK A MEMORIAL CAN DO A 238 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:07,033 GREAT JOB OF MAKING THAT 239 00:09:05,733 --> 00:09:09,866 STATEMENT THAT THIS HAPPENED. 240 00:09:07,033 --> 00:09:10,266 SO IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY 241 00:09:09,866 --> 00:09:15,000 FORGOTTEN. 242 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:19,800 I THINK IN THIS CASE IT SERVES 243 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:22,100 OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE FAMILY TO 244 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:25,966 GIVE THEM A PLACE THAT THEY CAN 245 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:28,200 CORPORATELY COME, THAT THEY CAN 246 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:31,466 INDIVIDUALLY COME AND PRAY 247 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:36,000 REFLECT, MEDITATE, JUST BE. 248 00:09:31,466 --> 00:09:37,500 I THINK IN A BEAUTIFUL AND 249 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,566 APPROPRIATE WAY THE MEMORIES OF 250 00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:43,133 THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TERRIBLY 251 00:09:40,566 --> 00:09:44,266 TERRIBLY IMPORTANT TO THEM. 252 00:09:43,133 --> 00:09:46,466 >> ALTHOUGH BOTH SCULPTURES 253 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:47,633 COMMEMORATE SPECIFIC EVENTS, 254 00:09:46,466 --> 00:09:49,533 THEY ARE CERTAIN TO BE A SOURCE 255 00:09:47,633 --> 00:09:51,166 OF HEALING AND INSPIRATION FOR 256 00:09:49,533 --> 00:09:52,566 ANYONE FACING LOSS OR A 257 00:09:51,166 --> 00:09:56,966 DIFFICULT PERSONAL STRUGGLE. 258 00:09:52,566 --> 00:09:57,766 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT 259 00:09:56,966 --> 00:09:59,566 KET.ORG/KENTUCKYLIFE FOR MORE 260 00:09:57,766 --> 00:10:02,233 ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND THEIR 261 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:02,233 REMARKABLE MEMORIALS. 262 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:15,400 x█ú█ú█ñ█ 263 00:10:14,666 --> 00:10:16,100 >>> I WAS LOOKING FOR A COOL 264 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,933 SHADY SPOT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY 265 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:19,800 AND HEADED OFF TO CARTER CAVE 266 00:10:18,933 --> 00:10:21,333 STATE RESORT PARK. 267 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,633 THERE, JUST A SHORT DRIVE FROM 268 00:10:21,333 --> 00:10:27,900 THE ENTRANCE, I FOUND A 269 00:10:23,633 --> 00:10:28,633 HISTORICAL MARKER FOR SALTPETRE 270 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:30,433 CAVE. 271 00:10:28,633 --> 00:10:31,833 THE MEN ENTRANCE AND TWO OTHER 272 00:10:30,433 --> 00:10:33,833 OPENINGS ARE WELL PROTECTED 273 00:10:31,833 --> 00:10:34,166 KEEPING THE CAVE AND THE PUBLIC 274 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:36,533 SAFE. 275 00:10:34,166 --> 00:10:37,933 THE MARKER TELLS OF THE LONG 276 00:10:36,533 --> 00:10:40,466 HISTORY OF THIS PLACE. 277 00:10:37,933 --> 00:10:41,800 A KEY COMPONENT IN MAKING 278 00:10:40,466 --> 00:10:43,933 GUNPOWDER, SALTPETRE WAS MIND 279 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,566 HERE AND USED TO MAKE GUN POWER 280 00:10:43,933 --> 00:10:47,600 FOR KENTUCKY RIFLE MEN DURING 281 00:10:45,566 --> 00:10:49,033 THE WAR OF 1812. 282 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,733 IN THE CAVE, SOME OF THE REMAINS 283 00:10:49,033 --> 00:10:53,233 OF THE SALTPETRE MINING 284 00:10:50,733 --> 00:10:56,400 OPERATIONS CAN STILL BE FOUND. 285 00:10:53,233 --> 00:10:57,400 ALSO, EARLY INDAN ARTIFACTS AND 286 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,066 GRAVES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. 287 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,700 THE DAY I VISITED, THE CAVE WAS 288 00:11:00,066 --> 00:11:02,600 CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. 289 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:06,100 MANY CAVES IN THE AREA ARE 290 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:07,266 CLOSED TO TRY TO PROTECT THE BAT 291 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:07,666 POPULATION FROM WHITE NOSE 292 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:08,833 SYNDROME. 293 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:10,366 SO IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE 294 00:11:08,833 --> 00:11:12,200 CAVES HERE, YOU WILL NEED TO 295 00:11:10,366 --> 00:11:13,333 CALL AHEAD AND CHECK TO SEE WHAT 296 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,833 IS OPEN. 297 00:11:13,333 --> 00:11:16,800 ACROSS FROM THE CAVE ENTRANCE, A 298 00:11:14,833 --> 00:11:21,900 PARK GIFT SHOP HAS BOOKS ON THE 299 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:22,200 AREA AND A COOL DRINK ON A HOT 300 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:24,000 DAY. 301 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,300 IN THE GRACE COUNTY COMMUNITY OF 302 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,200 MAYFIELD, THE MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY 303 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:29,233 CONTAINS WHAT HAS GOT TO BE ONE 304 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,666 OF THE MOST UNUSUAL GRAVE SITES 305 00:11:29,233 --> 00:11:33,833 IN ALL OF AMERICA. 306 00:11:31,666 --> 00:11:36,233 BUILT IN THE LATE 1800's, IT'S 307 00:11:33,833 --> 00:11:37,333 A MENAGERIE OF PEOPLE AND PETS 308 00:11:36,233 --> 00:11:39,100 PLUS TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF 309 00:11:37,333 --> 00:11:41,600 THE MAN WHO COMMISSIONED IT. 310 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:43,033 OVER THE DECADES, IT ATTRACTED 311 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,900 THE ATTENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND 312 00:11:43,033 --> 00:11:45,300 WRITERS ALIKE. 313 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:47,533 AMONG THEM, TWO OF OUR BEST 314 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:49,300 KNOWN WRITERS HERE IN KENTUCKY, 315 00:11:47,533 --> 00:11:49,600 WENDELL BERRY AND BOBBIE ANN 316 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:51,200 MASON. 317 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,200 AND THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US 318 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,600 INSIGHT INTO THE MONUMENT KNOWN█ 319 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,433 AS THE STRANGE PROCESSION THAT 320 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,433 NEVER MOVES. 321 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:12,333 ♪♪ 322 00:12:09,133 --> 00:12:14,333 >> THEY ARE CALLED THE STRANGE 323 00:12:12,333 --> 00:12:18,566 PROCESSION THAT NEVER MOVES, AND 324 00:12:14,333 --> 00:12:20,033 IT'S A GROUP OF SCULPTURES IN 325 00:12:18,566 --> 00:12:24,266 THE GRAVEYARD, A FAMILY GROUP 326 00:12:20,033 --> 00:12:27,200 WITH A DOG AND A COUPLE OF 327 00:12:24,266 --> 00:12:27,900 DOGS -- AND THERE IS ONE MARBLE 328 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,400 STATUE. 329 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,400 AND THEY ARE ALL LOOKING EAST 330 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,833 LIKE THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE 331 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,833 WALMART TO ON OPEN. 332 00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:52,600 I GATHERED HE BECAME OBSESSED 333 00:12:49,733 --> 00:12:57,133 WITH BEING NOTICED AND MAKING 334 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:57,433 HIS MARK AND MAKING A CLAIM TO 335 00:12:57,133 --> 00:12:59,566 FAME. 336 00:12:57,433 --> 00:13:00,933 I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY AN EGO 337 00:12:59,566 --> 00:13:03,233 MANIAC WHO WANTED TO MAKE HIS 338 00:13:00,933 --> 00:13:09,433 MARK ON THE WORLD AND SO HE HAD 339 00:13:03,233 --> 00:13:09,433 ALL THESE STATUES MADE. 340 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,700 WOOLDRIDGE WAS A MYSTERY AND I 341 00:13:22,866 --> 00:13:27,000 READ MORE RECENTLY THINGS THAT 342 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:27,300 HAVE BEEN PIECED TOGETHER ABOUT 343 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,900 HIM. 344 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:33,700 HE WAS THE LOCAL COOKIE 345 00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:34,066 ARISTOCRAT AND CALLED HIMSELF 346 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:38,533 COLONEL. 347 00:13:34,066 --> 00:13:41,566 AND HE BECAME VERY WEALTHY BUT 348 00:13:38,533 --> 00:13:41,700 HE HAD GROWN UP OR HAD BEEN 349 00:13:41,566 --> 00:13:41,700 POOR. 350 00:13:57,833 --> 00:13:59,766 WALKER EVANS, THE RENOWNED 351 00:13:58,466 --> 00:14:04,000 PHOTOGRAPHER, TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS 352 00:13:59,766 --> 00:14:07,066 OF THE WOOLDRIDGE MONUMENTS AND 353 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:09,433 THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO WILLIAM 354 00:14:07,066 --> 00:14:12,800 FAULKNER IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 355 00:14:09,433 --> 00:14:18,066 WHO SAW THEM AND THEN WROTE A 356 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:19,466 SHORT STORY CALLED, SEPATURE 357 00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:21,533 SOUTH GASLIGHT. 358 00:14:19,466 --> 00:14:25,033 >> AND NOW WE CAN ALREADY SEE 359 00:14:21,533 --> 00:14:28,333 THEM, GIGANTIC AND WHITE, TALLER 360 00:14:25,033 --> 00:14:31,333 ON THEIR MARBLE PEDESTALS THAN 361 00:14:28,333 --> 00:14:34,100 THE ROWS AND HONEY SUCKEL CHOKED 362 00:14:31,333 --> 00:14:36,533 FINS LOOMING INTO THE VERY TREES 363 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:39,800 THEMSELVES, THE MAGNOLIAS AND 364 00:14:36,533 --> 00:14:43,200 CEDARS AND ELMS, GAZING FOREVER 365 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:48,266 EASTWARD WITH THEIR EMPTY MARBLE 366 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:51,700 EYES NOT SYMBOLS, NOT ANGELS OF 367 00:14:48,266 --> 00:14:54,433 MERCY OR WINGED SER FILM OR LAMS 368 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:56,433 OR SHEPERDS, BUT EFFIGIES OF THE 369 00:14:54,433 --> 00:15:01,733 ACTUAL PEOPLE THEMSELVES AS THEY 370 00:14:56,433 --> 00:15:03,366 HAD BEEN IN LIFE, IN MARBLE NOW, 371 00:15:01,733 --> 00:15:05,466 DURABLE, IMFEVERRUOUS, HEROIC IN 372 00:15:03,366 --> 00:15:08,166 SIZE, TOWERING ABOVE THEIR DUST 373 00:15:05,466 --> 00:15:12,766 IN THE IMPLACABLE TRADITION OF 374 00:15:08,166 --> 00:15:17,466 OUR STRONG, UNCOMPROMISEING 375 00:15:12,766 --> 00:15:18,233 GRIMLY BAPTIST, METHODIST, 376 00:15:17,466 --> 00:15:21,966 PROTESTANTISM, CARVED IN ITALIAN 377 00:15:18,233 --> 00:15:24,266 STONE BY EXPENSIVE ITALIAN 378 00:15:21,966 --> 00:15:27,066 CRAFTSMEN AND SHIPPED ALONG COST 379 00:15:24,266 --> 00:15:30,033 LEEWAY BY SEA BACK TO BECOME ONE 380 00:15:27,066 --> 00:15:32,866 MORE AMONG THE INVINCIBLE 381 00:15:30,033 --> 00:15:34,500 SENTINELS GUARDING THE TEMPLE OF 382 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:36,900 OUR SOUTHERN MOORINGS, EXTENDING 383 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:40,300 FROM BANKER AND MERCHANT AND 384 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:42,033 PLANTER DOWN TO THE LAST TENANT 385 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:45,000 FARMER WHO KNEW THE PLOW HE 386 00:15:42,033 --> 00:15:47,066 GUIDED AND THE MULE WHICH DREW 387 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:49,366 IT, WHICH DECREED, DEMANDED THAT 388 00:15:47,066 --> 00:15:51,333 NO MATTER HOW SPARTAN THE LIFE, 389 00:15:49,366 --> 00:15:54,500 IN DEATH THE SIGNIFICANTS OF 390 00:15:51,333 --> 00:15:57,266 DOLLARS AND CENTS WAS ABOLISHED, 391 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:58,033 THAT GRANDMOTHER MIGHT HAVE 392 00:15:57,266 --> 00:16:00,466 SPLIT SO WOOD RIGHT UP UNTIL THE 393 00:15:58,033 --> 00:16:03,066 DAY SHE DIED, YET SHE MUST ENTER 394 00:16:00,466 --> 00:16:05,933 THE EARTH IN SATIN AND MAHOGANY 395 00:16:03,066 --> 00:16:08,666 AND SILVER HANDLES, EVEN THOUGH 396 00:16:05,933 --> 00:16:12,033 THE FIRST TWO WERE SYNTHETIC AND 397 00:16:08,666 --> 00:16:15,133 THE THIRD WAS GERMAN. 398 00:16:12,033 --> 00:16:18,266 A CEREMONY NOT AT ALL TO DEATH 399 00:16:15,133 --> 00:16:20,666 OR EVEN TO THE MOMENT OF DEATH, 400 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:24,066 BUT TO DECORUM, THE VICTIM OF 401 00:16:20,666 --> 00:16:25,366 OUR ACCIDENT OR EVEN MURDER 402 00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:27,466 REPRESENTED IN EFFIGY, NOT AT 403 00:16:25,366 --> 00:16:31,000 THE INSTANCE OF HIS PASSING BUT 404 00:16:27,466 --> 00:16:34,666 AT THE PEAK OF HIS SUBLIMATION 405 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:36,800 AS THOUGH IN DEATH, AT LAST, HE 406 00:16:34,666 --> 00:16:40,766 DENIED FOREVER THE GRIEFS AND 407 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:42,233 FOLLIES OF HUMAN AFFAIRS. 408 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:44,200 >> WHEN I LOOK AT THE WOOLDRIDGE 409 00:16:42,233 --> 00:16:47,433 MONUMENTS IT'S A COMBINATION OF 410 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:51,166 EMOTIONS LIKE, FASCINATION AND 411 00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:52,266 SOMETHING LIKE PITY FOR HOW 412 00:16:51,166 --> 00:16:56,500 PEOPLE THINK OF THEMSELVES AND 413 00:16:52,266 --> 00:16:56,866 THINK THAT THEY CAN OUT WIT 414 00:16:56,500 --> 00:16:59,033 ETERNITY. 415 00:16:56,866 --> 00:17:02,266 >> I COULD REMEMBER THAT DAY SIX 416 00:16:59,033 --> 00:17:04,366 YEARS AGO, THE FAMILY GATHERED, 417 00:17:02,266 --> 00:17:07,166 FATHER AND MOTHER AND MAGGIE AND 418 00:17:04,366 --> 00:17:08,833 I IN A SURREY BECAUSE 419 00:17:07,166 --> 00:17:14,233 GRANDFATHER RODE HIS HORSE. 420 00:17:08,833 --> 00:17:15,000 THE CEMETERY, OUR LOT. 421 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:18,133 GRANDMOTHER'S EFFIGY PRISTINE 422 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:21,000 AND DAZZLING NOW OUT OF ITS 423 00:17:18,133 --> 00:17:23,466 PACKING CASE, TALL ON THE 424 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:25,866 DAZZLING PEDESTAL ABOVE THE 425 00:17:23,466 --> 00:17:29,366 GRAVE ITSELF, THE UNDERTAKER HAT 426 00:17:25,866 --> 00:17:32,866 IN HAND, AND THE NEGRO WORK MAN 427 00:17:29,366 --> 00:17:35,266 WHO SWEATED ERECT WAS DRAWN TO 428 00:17:32,866 --> 00:17:38,766 ONE SIDE FOR US, THE FAMILY, TO 429 00:17:35,266 --> 00:17:40,933 LOOK AT IT AND TO PROVE. 430 00:17:38,766 --> 00:17:42,800 AND IN ANOTHER YEAR AFTER THE 431 00:17:40,933 --> 00:17:46,833 TEDIOUS CARVING IN ITALY AND THE 432 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:49,466 LONG ATLANTIC SHIP, GRANDFATHER 433 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:52,033 TOO ON HIS PEDESTAL, BESIDES 434 00:17:49,466 --> 00:17:56,033 HER, NOT AS THE SOLDIER WHICH HE 435 00:17:52,033 --> 00:17:59,200 HAD BEEN, AND AS I WANTED HIM, 436 00:17:56,033 --> 00:18:02,866 BUT THE LAWYER, PARLIAMENTARIAN, 437 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:05,366 THOR TERWHICH HE WAS NOT, IN 438 00:18:02,866 --> 00:18:09,200 FROCK COAT, THE BEAR HEAD THROWN 439 00:18:05,366 --> 00:18:11,166 BACK, THE CARVED TONE CARVED 440 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,100 OAKLAND THE CARVED HAND AND THE 441 00:18:11,166 --> 00:18:15,366 OTHER EXTENDED IN THE MEMORIAL 442 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:18,033 GESTURE OF DECLARATION. 443 00:18:15,366 --> 00:18:21,333 THIS TIME MOTHER AND MAGGIE AND 444 00:18:18,033 --> 00:18:24,500 I IN THE SURREY BECAUSE FATHER 445 00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:27,066 WAS NOT ON THE HORSE COME TO THE 446 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:27,466 FORMAL PRIVATE INSPECTION AND 447 00:18:27,066 --> 00:18:31,433 APPROVAL. 448 00:18:27,466 --> 00:18:35,866 >> I'M REMINDED OF THE SHELLY 449 00:18:31,433 --> 00:18:37,300 POEM IN WHICH A BROKEN STATUE IS 450 00:18:35,866 --> 00:18:42,800 FOUND IN THE DESERT. 451 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:43,166 LOOK ON MY WORKS YOU MIGHTY AND 452 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,466 DESPAIR. 453 00:18:43,166 --> 00:18:46,366 >> AND 3 OR 4 TIMES A YEAR, I 454 00:18:45,466 --> 00:18:49,533 WOULD COME BACK. 455 00:18:46,366 --> 00:18:52,700 I WOULD NOT KNOW WHY. 456 00:18:49,533 --> 00:18:55,433 ALONE TO LOOK AT THEM, NOT JUST 457 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:58,033 A GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER, 458 00:18:55,433 --> 00:19:00,766 BUT IN ALL OF THEM, LOOMING 459 00:18:58,033 --> 00:19:03,466 AMONG THE LUSH, GREEN OF SUMMER 460 00:19:00,766 --> 00:19:05,766 AND THE REGAL PLAYS OF FALL AND 461 00:19:03,466 --> 00:19:10,366 THE REIGN AND RUIN OF WINTER, 462 00:19:05,766 --> 00:19:12,633 BEFORE SPRING WOULD BLOOM AGAIN. 463 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:16,233 STEAM NOW, A LITTLE DARKENED BY 464 00:19:12,633 --> 00:19:20,733 TIME AND WEATHER AND ENDURANCE 465 00:19:16,233 --> 00:19:21,500 BUT STILL SURRINE, IMPERVIOUS, 466 00:19:20,733 --> 00:19:23,466 REMOTE. 467 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:25,100 GAZING AT NOTHING, NOT LIKE 468 00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:28,800 SENTINELS, NOT DEFENDING THE 469 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:30,233 LIVING FROM THE DEAD, BY MEANS 470 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,633 OF THEIR VAST TONGUE MEASURED 471 00:19:30,233 --> 00:19:34,833 WEIGHT AND MASS, BUT RATHER THE 472 00:19:32,633 --> 00:19:37,233 DEAD FROM THE LIVING SHEILDING 473 00:19:34,833 --> 00:19:39,133 INSTEAD THE VACANT AND 474 00:19:37,233 --> 00:19:43,333 DISSOLVING BONES, THE HARMLESS 475 00:19:39,133 --> 00:19:47,366 AND DEFENSELESS DUST FROM THE 476 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:48,900 ANGUISH AND GRIEF AND INHUMANITY 477 00:19:47,366 --> 00:19:51,333 OF MANKIND. 478 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:53,533 >> WHAT STRIKES ME MOST IS HOW 479 00:19:51,333 --> 00:19:56,900 MAJESTIC THEY ALL ARE. 480 00:19:53,533 --> 00:19:59,733 THEY ARE PLACED THERE LIKE THEY 481 00:19:56,900 --> 00:20:00,833 ARE GOING TO SPEND 482 00:19:59,733 --> 00:20:02,833 THEIR -- STAND THERE LIKE THAT 483 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:04,966 FOR ETERNITY. 484 00:20:02,833 --> 00:20:07,933 IT'S A FEAT OF THE IMAGINATION 485 00:20:04,966 --> 00:20:08,800 WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY 486 00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:10,100 PRACTICALITIY OR WHAT PEOPLE 487 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:18,266 WILL MAKE OF IT. 488 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:24,433 HE JUST WANTED TO BE THERE 489 00:20:18,266 --> 00:20:24,433 FOREVER. 490 00:20:32,633 --> 00:20:33,900 >>> PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM ALL 491 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,633 OVER THE WORLD TO SEE THE 492 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:37,500 MAYFIELD MONUMENT AND I'M SURE 493 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:37,966 NONE OF THEM ARE DISAPPOINTED BY 494 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:39,633 WHAT TAZE SEE. 495 00:20:37,966 --> 00:20:43,566 OVER THE YEARS WE SPENT A LOT OF 496 00:20:39,633 --> 00:20:45,200 TIME IN LECTURE -- LECHER COUNTY 497 00:20:43,566 --> 00:20:46,266 HIKING IN BAD BRANCH FALLS, 498 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,366 KINGDOM COME STATE PARK. 499 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:50,966 BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY 500 00:20:48,366 --> 00:20:51,400 THAT I STOPPED IN AT OVEN FORK 501 00:20:50,966 --> 00:20:56,000 MERCANTILE. 502 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:57,966 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS MISSING 503 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,500 DEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LECHER 504 00:20:57,966 --> 00:21:02,233 COUNTY BETWEEN PINE AND BIG 505 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:03,433 BLACK MOUNTAIN, THE OLD OVEN 506 00:21:02,233 --> 00:21:05,800 FORK STORE IS STILL IN BUSINESS 507 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:08,833 SINCE THE EARLY 1900s. 508 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:10,500 >> IT USED TO BE AN OLD GROCERY 509 00:21:08,833 --> 00:21:13,100 STORE GAS STATION IN THE EARLY 510 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:15,733 19 AND 20s AND IN 1945 IT 511 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:18,600 BECAME THE LOCAL POST OFFICE AND 512 00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:19,266 WAY POT BELLY STOVE THAT RUN UP 513 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,133 THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND 514 00:21:19,266 --> 00:21:24,000 PEOPLE WAIT FOR THEIR MAIL. 515 00:21:21,133 --> 00:21:24,433 I WANTED TO KEEP THAT 516 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,800 ATMOSPHERE. 517 00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:28,866 STILL GOT THE OLD POST OFFICE 518 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,700 WINDOW AND OLD POST OFFICE BOXES 519 00:21:28,866 --> 00:21:31,066 AND PEOPLE STILL COME SIT 520 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:33,233 AROUND. 521 00:21:31,066 --> 00:21:34,566 >> STORE OWNER, BARBARA CHURCH 522 00:21:33,233 --> 00:21:36,100 SAYS FOLKS ALWAYS SEE SOMETHING 523 00:21:34,566 --> 00:21:37,700 DIFFERENT WHEN THEY COME BACK. 524 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:39,533 >> WHEN YOU COME BACK TO THIS 525 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:40,666 PLACE, YOU WILL SEE SUN SETS, 526 00:21:39,533 --> 00:21:41,866 DIFFERENT THINGS EVERY TIME, 527 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:44,166 THINGS THAT YOU MISSED BEFORE, 528 00:21:41,866 --> 00:21:47,233 THINGS THAT I ADDED, THERE IS 529 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:48,966 JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. 530 00:21:47,233 --> 00:21:53,000 I BUILT THE BUSINESS FROM THE 531 00:21:48,966 --> 00:21:54,533 ONE ROOM TO TEN ROOMS OF ANTIQUE 532 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,900 S AND FILLED THE ROOMS UP 533 00:21:54,533 --> 00:21:56,233 WITH ANYTHING OLD YOU CAN THINK 534 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:57,933 ABOUT. 535 00:21:56,233 --> 00:21:59,766 THERE IS A ROOM THAT JUST HAS 536 00:21:57,933 --> 00:22:02,133 GLASS IN IT LIKE ALL DIFFERENT 537 00:21:59,766 --> 00:22:03,700 KINDS OF DEPRESSION GLASS, 538 00:22:02,133 --> 00:22:06,500 CARNIVAL GLASS, CLEAR GLASS, AND 539 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:10,433 THEN THERE IS A SECONDS OF JUST 540 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:12,033 OLD PICTURES, STONE WEAR AND THE 541 00:22:10,433 --> 00:22:12,333 McCOY AND ROSEVILLE AND ALL OF 542 00:22:12,033 --> 00:22:14,500 THAT. 543 00:22:12,333 --> 00:22:17,200 AND THEN THERE IS KITCHEN 544 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:17,966 COLLECTIBLES, THERE IS CAST IRON 545 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,300 AND ENAMEL WEAR. 546 00:22:17,966 --> 00:22:22,400 ALL KINDS OF OLD CHAIRS HERE 547 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:22,766 SINCE WE DO THE HICKORY CHAIR 548 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,233 BOTTOMS. 549 00:22:22,766 --> 00:22:26,066 I LEARNED ABOUT IT FROM MY 550 00:22:24,233 --> 00:22:27,400 COUSIN, HARVEY. 551 00:22:26,066 --> 00:22:28,600 I KNEW HE DID IT. 552 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,433 HE WAS A MOUNTAIN MAN. 553 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,733 I WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT 554 00:22:30,433 --> 00:22:32,966 BECAUSE MY CHILDREN KEPT 555 00:22:31,733 --> 00:22:35,166 BREAKING DOWN CHAIRS. 556 00:22:32,966 --> 00:22:36,866 SO, I ASKED HIM TO DO IT FOR ME 557 00:22:35,166 --> 00:22:38,300 AND HE SAID, NO. 558 00:22:36,866 --> 00:22:40,366 HE WOULD SHOW ME HOW TO DO IT 559 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:42,566 BUT HE WOULDN'T DO IT FOR ME. 560 00:22:40,366 --> 00:22:44,100 AND THAT WAS ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. 561 00:22:42,566 --> 00:22:45,833 AFTER HE SHOWED ME HOW TO DO IT, 562 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:47,766 I HAVE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. 563 00:22:45,833 --> 00:22:52,033 I TAUGHT MY SON HOW TO DO IT AND 564 00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:52,866 I'M HOPING TO TEACH MY GRANDSON 565 00:22:52,033 --> 00:22:58,066 AND MY GRANDDAUGHTERS AND HAVE 566 00:22:52,866 --> 00:23:00,133 THEM CARRY ON THE TRADITION. 567 00:22:58,066 --> 00:23:01,433 >> LIKE IN OLD DAYS WHEN PEOPLE 568 00:23:00,133 --> 00:23:02,966 COULDN'T GO OUT AND BUY A NEW 569 00:23:01,433 --> 00:23:06,000 CHAIR, THEY HAD TO MAKE THEIR 570 00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:06,900 OWN CHAIRS AND THERE WAS PEOPLE 571 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,533 WHO WOULD TRAVEL AROUND AND 572 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:10,666 GATHER HICKORY BARK IN THE 573 00:23:09,533 --> 00:23:13,433 SUMMERTIME AND THEN THEY'D GO 574 00:23:10,666 --> 00:23:15,200 AROUND AND STAY AT PEOPLE'S 575 00:23:13,433 --> 00:23:16,400 HOUSES FOR PLACE TO STAY OR FOOD 576 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,500 OR WHATEVER AND THEY WOULD 577 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,033 BOTTOM THE CHAIRS FOR THEM. 578 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:22,500 >> YOU GOT TO FIND THE GOOD 579 00:23:19,033 --> 00:23:24,133 HICKORY TREES AND TAKE OFF THE 580 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:26,500 BARK AND THEN I USUALLY ROLE IT 581 00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:28,200 UP AND STORE IT SO I'M READY TO 582 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:31,066 USE IT AND THEN I'LL THROW IT IN 583 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,800 A PAN OF WATER OVERNIGHT AND 584 00:23:31,066 --> 00:23:33,766 WEAVE THE BOTTOM AND LET IT DRY 585 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,366 AND THAT'S A GOOD CHAIR. 586 00:23:33,766 --> 00:23:40,966 >> I STARTED IN THE BACK TIEING 587 00:23:37,366 --> 00:23:42,300 MY KNOT IN AND WET MY BARK 588 00:23:40,966 --> 00:23:44,933 AROUND THIS WAY. 589 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:46,133 AND WHERE IT GETS SHORT, I'LL 590 00:23:44,933 --> 00:23:48,200 HAVE TO SPLICE ANOTHER PIECE ON 591 00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:49,733 TO THIS AND WRAP IT AROUND AND 592 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,700 ONCE I GET OVER HERE, I'LL COME 593 00:23:49,733 --> 00:23:52,266 DOWN AROUND THIS CORNER AND 594 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:54,666 WEAVE IT IN. 595 00:23:52,266 --> 00:23:58,833 SINCE I RUN OUT OF BARK HERE, I 596 00:23:54,666 --> 00:24:01,433 GOT TO SPLICE ANOTHER PIECE IN. 597 00:23:58,833 --> 00:24:01,766 WE DO THAT IN A KEY IN A KEY 598 00:24:01,433 --> 00:24:03,233 HOLE. 599 00:24:01,766 --> 00:24:03,900 SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO CUT A SQUARE 600 00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:06,200 IN IT. 601 00:24:03,900 --> 00:24:10,133 I PREFER TO USE A TRIANGLE. 602 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:16,600 IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO CUT OUT. 603 00:24:10,133 --> 00:24:17,700 IT SERVES THE SAME PURPOSE. 604 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,833 HICKORY BARK IS ALMOST LIKE 605 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:22,100 WORKING WITH LEATHER. 606 00:24:20,833 --> 00:24:24,233 YOU HAVE TO GET IT WET BEFORE 607 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:26,400 YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WITH IT. 608 00:24:24,233 --> 00:24:27,100 AND ONCE IT DRIES, IT WILL 609 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,566 TIGHTEN UP. 610 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:32,100 HERE I MADE MY KEY AND MY KEY 611 00:24:29,566 --> 00:24:39,100 HOLE AND YOU PUT THESE TOGETHER, 612 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:42,300 AND THEY LOCK RIGHT IN. 613 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:42,500 JUST CONTINUE WEAVING YOUR BARK 614 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:42,500 AROUND. 615 00:24:48,433 --> 00:24:50,233 IT WILL BE TIGHT IN THE BACK AND 616 00:24:49,266 --> 00:24:52,400 DAMP IN THE FRONT OF IT. 617 00:24:50,233 --> 00:24:54,166 NOW THAT I WRAPPED IT AROUND THE 618 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,100 FRONT, I HAVE COME BACK UNDER 619 00:24:54,166 --> 00:24:58,000 THIS CORNER AND NOW I'LL START 620 00:24:56,100 --> 00:25:00,233 WEAVING IT AND AS WE GOT A 621 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,366 CERTAIN PATTERN WE GO BY TO GET 622 00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:03,100 A HERRINGBONE. 623 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:05,033 START OUT AND GO OVER ONE AND 624 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:05,700 THEN OVER TWO AND UNDER ONE AND 625 00:25:05,033 --> 00:25:08,733 UNDER TWO. 626 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:09,200 AND THEN YOU ATINATE TWO AFTER 627 00:25:08,733 --> 00:25:10,400 THAT. 628 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:14,400 AND THIS SKIPS OVER EACH TIME 629 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,866 AND THEN GIVE IT A DIEAGONAL 630 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,500 PATTERN. 631 00:25:14,866 --> 00:25:19,433 >> FIND SOME OLD TABLES AND 632 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:20,700 DRESSERS AND BEDS AND JUST A 633 00:25:19,433 --> 00:25:22,966 LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. 634 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:25,466 YOU CAN PLAN A DAY TRIP HERE AND 635 00:25:22,966 --> 00:25:29,233 COME AND HAVE LUNCH AND HAVE A 636 00:25:25,466 --> 00:25:30,600 HOTDOG OR A POLISH SAUSAGE OR 637 00:25:29,233 --> 00:25:32,266 BARBECUE OR HOMEMADE CANDY. 638 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,700 I HAVE BEEN MAKING IT FOR ABOUT 639 00:25:32,266 --> 00:25:35,000 20 YEARS AND SELLING IT NOW. 640 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:36,533 PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS. 641 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,366 THE PEOPLE THAT DO STOP HERE 642 00:25:36,533 --> 00:25:40,266 THAT IS TRAVELING, AFTER THEY 643 00:25:38,366 --> 00:25:41,966 VISITED HERE, THEY ARE LIKE, IS 644 00:25:40,266 --> 00:25:42,666 THERE ANY OTHER PLACES LIKE THIS 645 00:25:41,966 --> 00:25:44,933 AROUND HERE? 646 00:25:42,666 --> 00:25:48,333 AND I'M LIKE, NO, NOT FOR 647 00:25:44,933 --> 00:25:50,166 ANOTHER HOUR'S DRIVE OR LONGER 648 00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:52,033 THAN THAT. 649 00:25:50,166 --> 00:25:54,066 BUT YES, IT'S OFF THE BEATEN 650 00:25:52,033 --> 00:25:54,366 PATH AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR 651 00:25:54,066 --> 00:25:55,966 IT. 652 00:25:54,366 --> 00:25:56,866 >> AND THAT INCLUDES OLD 653 00:25:55,966 --> 00:25:59,566 MOUNTAIN TRADITIONS. 654 00:25:56,866 --> 00:26:01,433 AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF HARD 655 00:25:59,566 --> 00:26:01,766 WORK, DAMON FINISHED HIS CHAIR 656 00:26:01,433 --> 00:26:03,033 BOTTOM. 657 00:26:01,766 --> 00:26:05,233 >> HERE IS YOUR FINISHED PRODUCT 658 00:26:03,033 --> 00:26:06,300 AND THEN NORMAL USES USES AND 659 00:26:05,233 --> 00:26:07,300 CIRCUMSTANCE THAT IS SHOULD LAST 660 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,133 TWO LIFE TIMES. 661 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:11,333 >> SO HOPEFULLY THIS STORE WITH 662 00:26:09,133 --> 00:26:14,400 SUCH A RICH HISTORY WILL ALSO BE 663 00:26:11,333 --> 00:26:14,666 AROUND FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE 664 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:14,666 LIFE TIMES. 665 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:23,333 >> WE WON'T WAIT SO LONG TO MAKE 666 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,766 OUR NEXT VISIT TO OVEN FORK 667 00:26:23,333 --> 00:26:26,300 MERCANTILE AND WON'T WAIT ANY 668 00:26:24,766 --> 00:26:27,600 LONGER TO LET YOU THAN KENTUCKY 669 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:29,566 LIFE IS NOW ON FACEBOOK. 670 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,766 WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE 671 00:26:29,566 --> 00:26:34,366 HEADED POSTING PHOTOS OF WHERE 672 00:26:31,766 --> 00:26:35,600 WE HAVE BEEN AND GIVING YOU 673 00:26:34,366 --> 00:26:37,566 PREVIEWS OF UP COMING SHOWS. 674 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,733 IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR ALL OF 675 00:26:37,566 --> 00:26:41,200 US TO CONNECT WITH ALL OF YOU. 676 00:26:39,733 --> 00:26:41,800 LOOKS LIKE WE ARE OUT OF TIME 677 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,133 FOR TONIGHT.