Event Two: History

Lunch in Downtown Mesa, then on to Scottsdale for the Titanic exhibit. This of course was free, but was located in the back of a shopping mall so everyone had to walk through most of the Mall to get to it. The exhibit was sponsored by Country Financial. With them being a financial institution it gave me confidence it was sponsored by a company that was an expert on disasters. Pictured here are Paul, Shirley, and myself in front of the Titanic staircase ready to view the artifacts from the great disaster. These were limited to the ship artifacts and thankfully didn't include any of my recent retirement investment statements which would of fit nicely in the display. This exhibit was mobile, and consisted of a few rooms of murals, facts and quotes printed on the wall. Along the sides and center of the rooms were glass cases holding the artifacts which consisted of jewelry, papers, and pieces of the ship. For being somewhat small, it was very well designed. The last wall listed all of the passengers, sorted by 1st, 2nd, or 3rd class and whether they lived or died on that fateful voyage. Very good visual showing how, percentage wise many more 1st class passengers survived compared to the other 2 classes. Then of course at the very end was my favorite quote of the exhibit by an Irish philosopher Jack Foster:

"We are all passengers of the Titanic"

Now the art exhibit I missed the meaning of the different pieces, but this quote I just love to think about all the levels and different meanings and contexts where this could apply. And I'm sure I'm reading more into it than the author intended.