From the posts of moments on the blog the one that most resonates with me is Em’s. The thought of coming upon the scene and viewing the aftermath a day later is gruesome and the fact that there are lots of photographs makes it even more powerful.

I’ve only been able to read five of the moments so I don’t know if someone has already stated this one but I am also intrigued by the mysterious death of Louis Tikas as a moment within the incident.

Sources: Killing for Coal, Colorado Coal Field War Project, A Rendezvous with Shame, our own photographs, artifacts and experiences in Ludlow, and our archivist.

After visiting the site I am even more intrigued with being in the earth and out of the earth; light and shadow. I still like the metaphor of burned tents and charred posts jutting from the earth like ribs of a carcass.

I can see the set as tents onto which we can project images or use for shadow play. I can also see putting the entire audience inside a tent.

History is not clear. It is always seen through something. We can only interpret from the shadows left behind.

-Brian