Tillman Crane / STRUCTURE

In the middle of a train station sits a news stand… white plates and bowls line a shelf… an organ sits on stage, dwarfed by pipes and a proscenium arch… huge engines stand idle in a Boston pump house… a white plastic chair in the glare of a porch light… two windows of a 19th century woolen mill.. a granite angel… a grand staircase… a church roof… the beauty of design far exceeds the intended purpose. Here exists a spirit of structure. Places that have been designed with more than utilitarian intent, with a nod toward beauty… There is a power here, a presence, if you will. It is as if the actors have stepped out of the frame for a moment and will shortly return. Their spirit, their essence, remains in the great halls and small corners of our lives. The spirit of structure.