I once saw a statue in a park, the statue of some obscure poet from a century ago. I figure he was admired enough at the time that they made him a statue to be remembered by. He must have written some books, I imagine. I did study literature in college, but the name didn't ring any bells. The guy is completely forgotten, save for the useless statue.
Wait, the statue was of some use, it was featured in the Pokemon Go game my son was playing at the time. If it wasn't for that, we wouldn't have even noticed the statue.
goes to show how much people care about others, I also had a similar story, it was a statue of a pretty "known" writer from my country, next to a pretty main road, in the capitol no less, It took me around 20 years of passing by it to one day just roam around and stumble upon it, all trashed around, uncared for, left with municipal lights and cones around nothing but wires running around it, the only people who I imagined were there probably resembled the statue in a way, left out, uncared for with the wires of the "good" and "normal" kids running around.
To me it's interesting to learn from others, even if they are long gone, even if they are not famous, I tend top respect doers and I tend to be interested in how people lived before even if it was a bit gloomy back in the days.
awesome point.