" Thought the past is unavoidable here [at Maplehurst], no place is a blank slate, and a memory may be just as necessary for placemaking as vision. If it is possible to cultivate peace on the earth, it may be that this is only possible by cultivating memory. One of the greatest promises of Scripture is that even the very ends of the earth will remember and so return to the Lord (Psalm 22:27). We cannot make a place new without attending to what it has been. We need history books. We need to listen to our older neighbors. We need to open our eyes and seek out the traces of what remains.
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― Christie Purifoy , Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace
![Christie Purifoy quote : Thought the past is unavoidable here [at Maplehurst], no place is a blank slate, and a memory may be just as necessary for placemaking as vision. If it is possible to cultivate peace on the earth, it may be that this is only possible by cultivating memory. One of the greatest promises of Scripture is that even the very ends of the earth will remember and so return to the Lord (Psalm 22:27). We cannot make a place new without attending to what it has been. We need history books. We need to listen to our older neighbors. We need to open our eyes and seek out the traces of what remains.<br /><br />Page 148](/image/1448981.jpg)