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Gen-X has one great at least ...

... Artist, Maya Lin

Artist Maya Lin is the only person from Generation X in the United States who even comes close to being considered for greatness ...

Born in 1959, Maya Lin is an older Xer to be sure ... but she is not a Boomer and does not have Boomer sensibilities. Born in Ohio, Lin was a 20-year-old architecture student at Yale when she entered the competition to design a memorial to the Vietnam War on the Washington Mall.

Lin's design won, out of a field of 1400 entries. The fact that she was of Asian descent and just a student provoked controversy, as did the content of her memorial. Critics lambasted her for her ethnicity, her youth, her artistic ability, and her vision. The full force of Pentagon and high-level political opposition was thrown at her.

But the young Lin never lost her resolve. She was steadfast in her belief in her own artistic vision. When the shouting was all over and the memorial opened, it was as if a great healing took place. Art at its highest function was realized.

What opponents called a "black scar" upon the landscape became a well of remembrance and letting go. Lin's innovation of including the names of every single American who died in the conflict on the face of her memorial has forever changed how memorial sculptures are conceived. [Only much later was a bronze statue of three soldiers by another artist included on the memorial site due to pressure from right-wing groups too unsophisticated to deal with Lin's elegant and sublime work]

Of all Gen-Xers, Maya Lin is the only one who truly fought for something meaningul and achieved it. Her talent is apparent in her work and needs no explanation. While there are a great many talented artists even among Xers, Lin is unique for her vision and her perseverence. More

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