October 20, 2017
Jesse Perry makes art at the Arizona Taco Festival at Salt River Fields.
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Army veteran speaks about PTSD at Exhibit highlights Frank Lloyd McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park Wright’s impact on Scottsdale By Autumn Jarrett
By Kenneth LaFave
Marc and Sonja Raciti have battled his PTSD together. (Photo by Kimberly Carrillo)
When U.S. Army Major Marc Raciti returned from his deployment in the Middle East, he started to notice subtle differences in his life. “I just didn’t feel like myself anymore. It was weird. I just attributed that to being more mature. I just didn’t think things were funny anymore. I felt different and I couldn’t pinpoint it. There was an overall lingering sadness, and I didn’t know why,” he said. One day, he found himself standing in front of a very large tree, trying to decide which branch would best support his weight if he hanged himself. “That’s when I really knew there was a problem,” Raciti said.
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Taliesen West is one of the marks Wright left on the desert. (Photo by Stephen C. Price)
With the asphalt beneath your feet and buildings all around you looking like gigantic chards of glass and steel, it’s difficult to remember we live in a desert. One man, at least, wanted us never to forget: Frank Lloyd Wright. For the last 20 years of his life, the greatest American architect of the 20th century lived in the Valley part-time, designing buildings with the intent of blending architecture into the rolling brown landscape all around us. “He was really focused on adapting to the desert,” said Tawn Downs, central division director for the AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park.
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