“Why would anyone wanna crawl into holes?”
“Why would anyone wanna write words?”
I feel sick with love. I’m so proud of these people. Im so proud of this show. And though I’ll deny it if you ask me, I’m proud of myself. 🧡💛
I’ve lived just under an hour away from Floyd Collin’s home my whole life, and as many of you may know, I now have a pretty good reason to visit.
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I saw the home where the Collins family lived. A small three room house that held a large family. Across from that is the ticket booth, where people could pay to see Crystal Cave.
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Crystal Cave, located behind the home, and pictured above, was the first cave Floyd discovered.
The silver emblem pictured above I BELIEVE is there to mark that specific entrance to the greater Mammoth Cave, of which Crystal Cave is an extension.
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The graves: pictured are the headstones of Floyd, Lee, and Jane Collins, and the headstone of Jewell Estes.
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I’ve been struggling the past few days to put into words how this felt; I’ll keep this short.
Many, if not most headstones, had some sort of token resting atop it, whether it be a coin, flower, guitar pick, Floyd himself had a cream soda flavored Dum-Dum. Jewell’s had nothing. Feeling strange, embarrassed, overwhelmed, sad, excited, and a stew of other muddled emotions, I stacked the caps of acorns on top. Today, I am somewhat embarrassed by my humble monument. I mean it probably lasted less than 20 mins before falling over, but it felt wrong to do nothing.
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I do not wish to add to his legacy, only to honor and protect it, and I will try VERY hard to do so. As for the Jewell on stage, I hope you like him, and I hope he would as well. Thank you for going down this cave with me 💛🧡
Section 1050.6 (c) of the New York City Transit Rules of Conduct permits “artistic performances” within the subway system, provided the performances do not impede transit activities and are conducted in accordance with the Rules of Conduct. The term “artistic performances” includes musical performances.
A series of specific rules governing musical performances are set forth in the subparts to Section 1050.6 (c) of the Rules of Conduct. These specific rules:
Prohibit the use of particular locations within the transit system for musical performances. Musicians are not allowed to play:
at any location where the musical performance would interfere with or impede transit services or the movement of passengers;
when on or within a subway car; a bus; or, in any area not generally open to the public;
within 25 feet of a station booth, or a fare media sales device including but not limited to a fare media vending machine;
within 50 feet of the marked entrance to an Transit Authority office;
on a platform where there is construction, renovation, or maintenance work underway (including any such work in or near track areas), or near the staircases, escalators, or elevators leading to such platform or track area at which there is such construction, renovation, or maintenance work underway;
at a location where their presence interferes with access onto or off of an escalator, stairway, or elevator.
