My father was half Chinese, half Irish setter. My mother, an intriguing organic labyrinth. At an early age they sent me off to sea with Charles Darwin
on the Beagle. It was while
I worked at his side, and later with Gloria Vanderbilt in China uncovering the remains of Peking Man Wardrobe, that I invented one of life's
greatest mysteries: Truth in Advertising. Today, total devotion
to this ideal keeps me in
demand worldwide. Recently, I dedicated my newest
monumental work, Tomb of the Unknown Folder, in Manila.
I love the grandiose.
Ralph Doid's Dilemma is a memorial work. It is fifty feet high and thirty feet long. The buildings are actual size. Ralph Doid was a Seattle city planner (1923-1947), with some great ideas that no one would listen to. After a long and frustrating career he decided to revenge himself on the powers that be, with designs for a "floating" city hall. In this scene, Ralph is having trouble deciding whether the building should bob up and down, or drift on its side.
Reprinted from 50 Northwest Artists,
Chronicle Books, 1983
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Photo by Marsha Burns
Doid's Dilemma
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