Halls of the Dark Muse

I just finished The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, and I loved it. I found the book to be truly fascinating, and I am obsessed with Howard Roark. This book easily now has found a place among my favorites. I never would have thought that I could find a book about architecture to be interesting, as such just is not a subject of interest to me, at least it never has been in the past, but The Fountainhead was amazing, and has now given me a new interest in architecture. Though I cannot expect anything else written about the subject, to come anywhere near this book.

Because of this book I have also grown an interest in Frank Lloyd Wright, as it can be easily seen how Roark's theories of building very much parallel that of Wright, it was also said that Wright did not like to deal with people, Roark's personality seems to reflect Wright's.

I know a lot of people disagree with the philosophy of Rand, but I myself do not find anything disagreeable about it, nor do I see why so many others have such an adverse reaction to it. Personally I agree with many of her ideas. I envy Roark, and aspire to have what he has. There were a few speaches within the book that I just thought were brillaint.