Admiring next week’s cover of The New Yorker portraying the rebirth of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, where The Idiot lived for ten years on nearby Île Saint-Louis.
From The New Yorker: “On Monday, Notre-Dame, a precious French monument and one of the most beloved cathedrals in the world, went up in flames. The blaze began in the attic—an ancient lattice of wood that was often called ‘the forest’—and, in the course of a few hours, spread to much of the building’s upper structure, including its roof and its spire, both of which collapsed. But the heart of the building remains intact, and Bob Staake, in the magazine’s upcoming issue, shows the light that shines through it. (“If history teaches us anything, it’s that out of flames can come rebirth,” Staake said.)…”
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