Some people build statues to wars, others paint portraits of wealthy patrons. These relics litter the museums as testaments to what? Marble floors kept pristine through great energy in order to preserve an ideal.
Others preserve anecdotes of kind deeds from hundreds of years ago. The edges are rough. no great artist is needed to fashion these and no great actor is needed to relay them. They are the tributes to an empire in exile. These are not guaded nor restricted to important places. When they are retold in such places the security guards hush the speakers.
bite size stories to nourish sustain a people where cold hard marble cannot.
Half a Maven 