All three Taliesins were fantastic. I luckily was allowed to go thru the “public” rooms of the final house, the Living Room, etc., with the added bonus of being guided by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. My friend’s ‘crazy’ Uncle Harry was with us, but he instead went up into the orchard and brought back a sackful of apples, and chided Mr. Pfeiffer for letting the ripe harvest go to waste. An earlier visit during the weird,...
Having the opportunity to stay at Taliesin overnight was one of my great life experiences. It’s easy to see why Wright was continually drawn back to the spectacular landscape of the area. Experiencing that landscape in early morning fog, the golden light of late afternoon, or in the starlit night allowed me to understand how not only that place but all places have varied moods depending on weather, time of day, and time of year.
Taliesin transports you to another place. It has a mysterious quality in the way it is built into the landscape, but it is stories of what kind of life was lived in such a place that fascinated me. Built for a woman who was not Wright’s wife, suffering through crazed murders and two fires, a setting for unusual programs of spiritual gurus, all made for a place that seemed far removed from south-central Wisconsin. The art all around from Asia...
I’d saved for a couple of years before making the trip to Taliesin from Grapevine, Texas. It also took me that long to recruit my travel companions. We decided to fly into Chicago and drive up in May – I’ve never seen so much green in my life! Maybe that’s why they call it Spring Green. My friends and I were all well acquainted with the interiors of Taliesin and even the framed images of the main buildings, but the ability to see how these...
