Maya Lin's Strong and Clear Vision

Maya Lin is a gifted architecture and it was awesome to hear her story and process of the Vietnam Memorial. Being such a young student competing with thousands of entries from some of the most well known architectures in the U.S. put her at a long shot at winning. Her design was not elaborate compared to some of the others; I think the panel of judges should get a lot of credit for not dismissing it because it seemed so simple, even though it was far from it. It is an incredible design that is so complex but at the same time is not. It is so inspiring that she is so far from being a veteran but she was still able to wrap her mind around what happened and was able to capture everything that needed to be and display it in such a way. 

It was interesting to think about why some of the veterans were so opposed to the design, was it her race, gender, age, or did they really not think the piece was the best design? She had to encounter a lot of negative critics but she handled herself very well and I liked how she was strong and didn't budge in her design because it would mess up the entire meaning of the art. I also liked how the director focused mainly on the Memorial and how it affected Maya Lin rather than how Maya Lin affected the Memorial; she didn't need to say much because she explained that it's the audiences job to interpret the Memorial instead of her explaining every step of her process. 

I agree with Ron when he the Vietnam Memorial was the most interesting. Although it was interesting seeing her other pieces of architecture (especially the glass one), the Vietnam Memorial seemed to be the only relevant thing to us, I'm sure it is only because that is what we are studying. If we were in an architecture class the whole documentary would be relevant.