Preservation is a word that we’ve all been hearing a lot of for most of our lives. But what does it really mean? For answers, we spoke to Thomas Brackworthy, Director of International Intentional Preservation. He told us that preservation is more than a feeling. And by the time we finished reading our own piece, we couldn’t help but agree wholeheartedly.
It seems that the more we learn about preservation, the more it enchants our souls.
-Thomas Brackworthy
Director Brackworthy sipped an expensive coffee and sat back in his chair as he spoke to me late Friday night. “I think that preservation is one of the most important things we’ll ever have to be concerned about. It seems that the more we learn about preservation, the more it enchants our souls.”
Brackworthy also considers himself an avid poet and scholar. His poetry is crude at best, but it captures his spirit perfectly:
So many times
I sat beneath a tree
wondering how its water
came to be.
But now I know
'tis not fate
the water came
because humans are great.
Brackworthy would, of course, continue on in just a few weeks to become the most powerful person in the EPA. Managing a branch of the federal government turned out to be just his speed, and he now enjoys endless success.
