The Aurora Project

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The Aurora Project has been a long time in the making. This is due to my wondering just what, exactly, should be done with it.

It must be understood that I have an extremely close bond with Aurora (a brief bio will be coming soon). The early accounts of buffalo roaming, the Native American settlements, the mills, industry, the boom, the complacency, the downfall, hopes for rebuilding and beautifying, etc. thrill me and I find a connection with this city like no other.

To walk on a street in Aurora is to walk on history. Whether crossing over where trolley tracks once were or fishing in the Fox where the Potawatomi traded with McCarty--fish for bread, we are still building that lineage.

The problem in creating a site like this is one of words. What should I say about Aurora's history? The short answer: nothing. I did not live in Aurora (or was even alive, for that matter) in 1970, 1960, 1950, 1900, 1834, etc. As such, it is ludicrous for anyone to make assessments of the thoughts and ideals of man and woman in any era past their own. Sometimes a sculpture is just a sculpture and not a "fertility goddess" that ancient man once worshiped.

Therefore, I've chosen to keep my words to the minimum and let first hand accounts to do the talking. The only time I will chime in is in the arena I know--Aurora after 1980--and even then my words will be sparse as my true words are spoken in the visual language.

It is a love song for a city that looks so beautiful in the morning light.

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