Lippold wanted "To create a memorial Something large enough to walk through Like architecture, linear, in pure experience Otherwise nonfunctional" Like a novel Like the story of your life Like Dahlberg's garden Full of bucolic delights So what did it mean When Dahlberg changed his mind Sweet creeks and leaves Changed to serpentine trees + vines Like a novel "A writer should dig out The things that they would not Admit to themself" That's what Olsen said A disillusioned student put it more simply "There's not enough character here And too much personality"