To the Struggle Against World Terrorism: A History The artist,
Zurab Tsereteli, was in his home in Moscow on the morning of
September 11th. The television was on as he was getting ready
for work and Zurab, like the rest of the world, was glued to
coverage of the attacks on the Twin Towers. He watched the
towers collapse on TV and was moved to tears. That day, he went
to work at the Academy of Art driving on a route that takes him
past the American Embassy. People were gathered outside the
embassy gates to pay sympathies, to be together, and to mourn.
He saw a mass of crying people and decided to use the image of a
tear in a memorial. He set to work that day on a proper and
appropriate form through which to express his feelings over the
attack. He went through many various sketches and 'forms' (all
of which are chronicled in the yellow book) until finally
deciding on the current monument's form. Zurab traveled to NY
shortly after the September 11th and went to ground zero. The
ruins were still steaming. He dec