Frank Lloyd Wright was a brilliant, gifted artist and architect, but he was also a prick and a thief.
We took a tour of his first home and office while we were in Chicago recently. The man was clearly a genius, but when I pulled aside the tour guide to tell her a personal story about my great grandfather providing the lumber for one of his houses she asked, “Did he get stiffed?” Yes. Wright didn’t pay for the materials for at least one of the buildings he designed and oversaw the construction of!
It used to piss off my great grandfather to no end! Well Pops, this won’t level the field, but I’m going to “borrow” the quote Mr. Wright had inscribed over the entrance to his dual purpose Unity Temple:
“for the worship of God and the service of man”
That’s the most succinct description of the intent of Raja Yoga I’ve heard yet.
Thank you Mr. Wright.
