Howard Mansfield, The Same Ax Twice: Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age (via olddoesnotmeanghetto)
Good preservation is a life preserver thrown to us in a shipwreck. Good preservation keeps us in touch with the graces of this life. It’s bricks and mortar, yes. It’s arguments about true colors and authenticity and representation. But true preservation is like the hand that shelters a fire from the wind. It protects the spark of life.