Film' s reaction - A strong clear vision

I am interested in Maya Lin because of her famous aunt at first. Her aunt, Huiyin Lin, was the first female architect in China and joined to

design the People's Hero Monument in Tiananmen Square. After I watched the movie “A Strong Clear Vision”, I realized that Maya Lin was a legendary woman as well as her aunt. The movie focused on three of her artworks, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The Civil Rights Memorial, and

The Women’s Table. The story of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial made a big impression to me. She loves nature and our environment, so she usually designs an artwork to mingle the environment instead of breaking it. Although most people agree and praise with her design now, she has suffered many disagreements, criticisms and insults since her design was announced.

Many people protested her design because the design was looking unusual, was not following what they thought, and was reminding them of the painful war. What was worse, they attacked Lin because she was a Chinese American even she never lived in Asia. I am admiring her creativity, and admiring her courage and persistence more. I can’t imagine that how she could insist her own idea under a huge pressure. She always insisted the memorial is created for people and not for politics, and she also believed that people just could recover from the pain after they could face the fact. Therefore, she refused to add another idea into her design. She might not predict that there were a lot of criticisms after she proudly got the prize of the competition. 

Time certifies that she was right, and The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was a great artwork. I hope I can have courage when I am in trouble or under pressure as well as Maya Lin. A strong and clear vision gave her chances to succeed. Going through the criticisms and pressure, she has become a bloomy flower in architecture.