Spencer Bailey

And yet, and yet, and I say and yet because the deeper you get in, the more you see how much hope and strength is embedded despite the fear and the grief and the loss and the anger and the rage.

I'll stop there because I could keep going, but there's so many readings to that memorial.

One last detail that's very interesting about it is when you get to the other side, there are copies of each pillar laid out like a cemetery.

And the Equal Justice Initiative is telling all the counties, hey, through a process of truth and reconciliation, come, we'll work with you.

You can create a space to house people.

So it's not just a static memorial.

It will become a living memorial.

But I was just there a few weeks ago, and sadly, not one of those pillars has been taken yet.

Although I hear that Houston is probably going to be the first city that takes one and builds a park around it.

Your ongoing five-volume book collaboration with the leading hotels of the world through Fiden moves through themes like design, culture, and the upcoming Explorer, which will be released in just a few weeks.

One of the things that runs through design is the idea that hospitality design shapes behavior.

how people move, gather, rest, and even dream.

Very philosophical, which is why I like it.

The second volume, Culture, broadens the conversation beyond aesthetics into ritual, craft, locality, and heritage.

The upcoming volume, Explore, shifts towards movement, adventure, wellness, and discovery.

Talk a little bit about how you are positioning these books.

They're very unusual.

They're not

hotel monographs.

They really are a series that I think, in many ways, talks about the era we're living through.