I came across an interesting blog article about Frank Lloyd Wright and the gay sex among his students at Taliesin - which, since I have a long-standing interest in that architect since seeing Falling Water as a child, caught my attention.

http://www.towleroad.com/2006/11/frank_lloyd_wri.html

“Wright and his wife in particular, had a curious way of boosting morale among his apprentices: “Under their supervision, the apprentices built the Taliesin complexes in Wisconsin and Arizona, tilled the land, chopped wood and shoveled manure. At one point, Olgivanna encouraged the sexually frustrated young men to take up with one another, even forming ’sex clubs’ to teach them how. ”

There’s a rare book I read once, called, I think “Genius and the Mobocracy” by Frank Lloyd Wright that was pretty amazing. As a gay man who is maybe a bit more sensitive than he should be, I’ve always felt pretty wary and suspicious of straights. By straights I don’t mean heterosexuals, I mean all the straight people, boring people, people who are proud of being dull and liking spectator sports and other straight kinds of things. People who don’t read unusual books by infamous architects. Well, it turns out Wright felt much the same way. The book affected me greatly at the time, confirming my sense that the mob really is mean, dumb, and dangerous to the sensitive and creative people.

Anyway, read it if you get the chance.

http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Mobocracy-Frank-Lloyd-Wright/

On a personal note, I may have messed up my nascent relationship this weekend. :-(

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