I like this piece Ernie, yet have to say Doris Duke is an odd choice as a "creative". She lived a jaunty life fueled by an idle-rich tobacco fortune, not talent or skill. She also seemed like an unhappy, miserable person, perhaps smothered by all that money. Look at the pinched facial expressions in every single picture published of her. She looks so bored and mean and spiteful. Vicious, even.
She actually killed a man that dared to quit her employ to follow his own dream. Ran him over with a station wagon and got away with it despite the evidence. That Duke family money oozed onwards to her crazy nephew Walker Patterson Inman, who reads like a Silly Putty version of Hunter S. Thompson, also minus any talent or skill. Another miserable soul, addicted to drugs and infamous for imprisoning his own children.
Doris was a pretty awful human being, and "my guard dogs will rip your head off" sounds more in line with being a cruel, horrible rich person than an innovator. Perhaps there's a cautionary tale in there about heartlessness and extreme wealth that is relevant today......
Absolutely. Didn’t mean to suggest Doris was a creative in the way we think of the term. But come on. Protective headgear. Paints a hell of a lot more ominous picture than keep out.
I like this piece Ernie, yet have to say Doris Duke is an odd choice as a "creative". She lived a jaunty life fueled by an idle-rich tobacco fortune, not talent or skill. She also seemed like an unhappy, miserable person, perhaps smothered by all that money. Look at the pinched facial expressions in every single picture published of her. She looks so bored and mean and spiteful. Vicious, even.
She actually killed a man that dared to quit her employ to follow his own dream. Ran him over with a station wagon and got away with it despite the evidence. That Duke family money oozed onwards to her crazy nephew Walker Patterson Inman, who reads like a Silly Putty version of Hunter S. Thompson, also minus any talent or skill. Another miserable soul, addicted to drugs and infamous for imprisoning his own children.
Doris was a pretty awful human being, and "my guard dogs will rip your head off" sounds more in line with being a cruel, horrible rich person than an innovator. Perhaps there's a cautionary tale in there about heartlessness and extreme wealth that is relevant today......
Absolutely. Didn’t mean to suggest Doris was a creative in the way we think of the term. But come on. Protective headgear. Paints a hell of a lot more ominous picture than keep out.