Eighty-nine-year old Ray Bradbury, the legendary science fiction writer, said in The New York Times recently that he was asked by a child, “How can I live forever too?” Bradbury’s answer: “I tell them do what you love and love what you do. That’s the story of my life.”
It’s also the story of Jack Shapiro’s. Shapiro, who will turn 92 next month, has lived, painted, and carved stone in Highland Park for 55 years. Coinciding with his birthday, Shapiro is making an open-ended loan to the H.P. library of a five hundred pound carving in alabaster, to greet patrons in the entranceway.
