This chain of thoughts is more of a continuation of a previous post dealing with questioning the fundamental assumptions with funerals. Link is just below for those who missed it or care.
http://republicofcolour.blogspot.com/2010/05/thoughts-on-death.html
Was looking over Vietnam veteran's memorials and inadvertently produced a new orthodoxy, which i feel could potentially raise a fair amount of debate or even consideration. When a new language of commemoration is produced with regards to a war memorial ( or for that fact any memorial in general ), the challenge realisticly lies in invisioning a language that can speak through abstraction without depoliticizing the situation or the site. I feel that the communicative power that a tribute must have is the issue, and more importantly not just for those who have established an emotional attachment by experiencing a trauma or loss first - hand. It needs to be orchestrated for generations to come, for whom the event will be remote.
Consider this, when the veterans of Vietnam are no longer around or the families of its victims, will the memorial maintain its power? What can a memorial do for the other generations.
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