Expecting To Fly

Posted on August 3, 2012 by admin

 

Price: Upon Request

 

Details:

Maple Burl Wood & Dye.

Dimensions:

36X16X12

Information:

This wooden original sculpture has been chosen for inclusion in the National Sculpture Society’s “Wings of Peace, Wings of Hope” exhibition at the Society’s Park Avenue Atrium, 237 Park Avenue, New York, New York from July 14th through October 24th, 2003

A bronze edition of this sculpture is available.

POEM

EXPECTING TO FLY

Expecting to Fly was born of earthbound wood. The great maple, producing large knurly burl growths…transformed from primal, raw essence into soft, sweeping rhythms of form. Seductive hips of a female human, the Woodland Goddess, rising through lines of spine and breast, a bird emerges and sweeps into flight.

Connected to our bird brothers
we refuse to forget our wings
we remember we will fly again
in this lifetime or others
released from hands of the Great Carver
each chiseled body finding its own journey
is beckoned homeward
stretching heavenward, like limbs of great maples
reaching for sun and expecting to fly

 

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