I am not one to post snarky things about people I do not know when my own life is not perfect but in reading the very interesting book, BUNNY MELLON THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN STYLE LEGEND I became so annoyed that I jumped up to write this post. It is my opinion that the last thing the philanthropist Bunny Mellon needs is one more 4 story house built in her name in a state she never even spends time in. To me, Bunny Mellon is most gluttonous in her personal life.
Same. Just read the book. The excess was disgusting. I finally had it with her when she had an entire house built of plywood so she could see the view of the REAL house she wasgoing to build. Absolutely disgusting.
@@cocoaddams4502 Thanks for your interesting feedback. When I began reading the book I thought, "How am I going to get through all this biography?', but I ended up fascinated by it, disappointed with no more pages. How do you think we're supposed to feel about"Bun?" How did the author feel about her and what do readers beyond us think? I actually ended up buying this big coffe table book, The Style Of Bunny Mellon cheap on ebay just to get an actual look at what was being talked about. I am more interested in her houses than gardens. I love trees, but - a tree is a tree is a tree (ditto bushes!). I do like BM's style, but not obsessively so. I realize the rooms were prepared for photography but everything looked very posed and contrived for effect. I once came across this phrase, "Spend less time to acquire more so that you might enjoy what you have", but I don't think "Bun" ever ran across that plaque.
@@garywarmee4367 Thanks, Gary. I think Bunny was a genius and an artist when it came to interiors and garden design. She was gifted with a very unique vision and the resources to carry it out. But she also used that money deliberately to try to control the people around her and unfortunately it worked most of the time. I hought the author editorialized and it was annoying. The instance that comes to mind is when she referred to John Edwards home as his "mansion." We'd read hundreds of pages about Bunny redocorating and I don't remember any of them referring to her house as a mansion -- although they certainly were.
I'm a little late to the conversation, but 9 minutes into the talk and I recognized an ADHD/hoarder. The inability to stop collecting can be debilitating... but when you're wealthy, you simply build more houses to store your collections or build a library. Then donate when you die and voila... you're a pinnacle of society and not some poor, sick schmuck on Hoarders.
I have no doubt that a cage hung on a blue tree on a beautyful sketch by Hubert de Givenchy was inpired by metalworks by Diego Giacometti - his favorite artist.
What a disappointment this lecture was. The presenter was terrible, it was boring and I didn't feel like I learned anything new or even interesting about the much talented self taught horticultarist Bunny Mellon. Even the slides were awful. It would be best if her biographer stuck to writing books.
Shame the slide presentation was not enlarged so viewers can actually see the slides. Not necessary to see the speaker while talking,
yea exactly..... sone pics they dont even show
I am not one to post snarky things about people I do not know when my own life is not perfect but in reading the very interesting book, BUNNY MELLON THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN STYLE LEGEND I became so annoyed that I jumped up to write this post. It is my opinion that the last thing the philanthropist Bunny Mellon needs is one more 4 story house built in her name in a state she never even spends time in. To me, Bunny Mellon is most gluttonous in her personal life.
Same. Just read the book. The excess was disgusting. I finally had it with her when she had an entire house built of plywood so she could see the view of the REAL house she wasgoing to build. Absolutely disgusting.
@@cocoaddams4502 Thanks for your interesting feedback. When I began reading the book I thought, "How am I going to get through all this biography?', but I ended up fascinated by it, disappointed with no more pages. How do you think we're supposed to feel about"Bun?" How did the author feel about her and what do readers beyond us think? I actually ended up buying this big coffe table book, The Style Of Bunny Mellon cheap on ebay just to get an actual look at what was being talked about. I am more interested in her houses than gardens. I love trees, but - a tree is a tree is a tree (ditto bushes!). I do like BM's style, but not obsessively so. I realize the rooms were prepared for photography but everything looked very posed and contrived for effect. I once came across this phrase, "Spend less time to acquire more so that you might enjoy what you have", but I don't think "Bun" ever ran across that plaque.
@@garywarmee4367 Thanks, Gary. I think Bunny was a genius and an artist when it came to interiors and garden design. She was gifted with a very unique vision and the resources to carry it out. But she also used that money deliberately to try to control the people around her and unfortunately it worked most of the time. I hought the author editorialized and it was annoying. The instance that comes to mind is when she referred to John Edwards home as his "mansion." We'd read hundreds of pages about Bunny redocorating and I don't remember any of them referring to her house as a mansion -- although they certainly were.
@@cocoaddams4502 Agree. Only someone with a lesser "talent" would require that excess. When I was unsure of a visual outcome, I built a model.
I'm a little late to the conversation, but 9 minutes into the talk and I recognized an ADHD/hoarder. The inability to stop collecting can be debilitating... but when you're wealthy, you simply build more houses to store your collections or build a library. Then donate when you die and voila... you're a pinnacle of society and not some poor, sick schmuck on Hoarders.
I believe she knew what she wanted to get done even back in the early dense sibling rivalry days of her childhood.
Thank your for this video.
Hoping to see a book as well, especially what was left out of the Gordon bio.
The focus was more on the speaker. I would have love to see better photos. Not very well presented and she seems at times lost in her presentTion
Hi Bunny.
Who's here after French Dispatch?
I have no doubt that a cage hung on a blue tree on a beautyful sketch by Hubert de Givenchy was inpired by metalworks by Diego Giacometti - his favorite artist.
I loath people who arrive late
What a disappointment this lecture was. The presenter was terrible, it was boring and I didn't feel like I learned anything new or even interesting about the much talented self taught horticultarist Bunny Mellon. Even the slides were awful. It would be best if her biographer stuck to writing books.