...in an everyday place (just not the usual one).I saw this on my way to work the other day (the cup is mine...I put it there while I took the picture).
At the end of the Underground Tour, there is a little museum. And in that museum is an antique commode. The funny thing...it's really pretty. It's white porcelain with a very fancy blue decorative pattern all over...inside and out...to make it a very attractive fixture.
So why don't we make pretty toilets anymore? And I don't just mean the "fashion colors" to go with the decor. The toilet in the museum was decorated. I think a toilet is very much an everyday object. And if we have to use something everyday, why not use one that's aesthetically pleasing? Are we too embarrassed by our bodies now to make pretty toilets? Apparently the early Seattle-ites weren't...they were fine with putting the sewer system above ground for all to enjoy. But we shouldn't be embarrassed, because as the current literature tells us...
At the end of the Underground Tour, there is a little museum. And in that museum is an antique commode. The funny thing...it's really pretty. It's white porcelain with a very fancy blue decorative pattern all over...inside and out...to make it a very attractive fixture.
So why don't we make pretty toilets anymore? And I don't just mean the "fashion colors" to go with the decor. The toilet in the museum was decorated. I think a toilet is very much an everyday object. And if we have to use something everyday, why not use one that's aesthetically pleasing? Are we too embarrassed by our bodies now to make pretty toilets? Apparently the early Seattle-ites weren't...they were fine with putting the sewer system above ground for all to enjoy. But we shouldn't be embarrassed, because as the current literature tells us...
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