Aspiration
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A figure reaching to a higher realm
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Aspiration is a word that does not exist in modern Greek although it is a concept
implicit in Plato's writings.
This suggests that to the Greeks it was and is a self-evident human characteristic.
These four bronze figurative sculptures express four different aspects of aspiration.
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The Gift
The child is being brought up also to give following his mother's example.
The concept of giving needs such an image to embody it's archetypal nature which is
otherwise beyond definition. Archetypes are "primordial images inherited by all"
and we need myths, symbols and personifications to understand their depth.
In this bronze figurative sculpture the material expresses the unity
of mother and child.
Taking the PathHe resolutely follows his chosen path
to find that which is both within
and beyond himself.
Sophia, Cosmic dancer Sophia means wisdom which is that essential attribute emerging from insight
that sees beyond delusion to the truth of compassionate right action.
In this bronze figurative sculpture wisdom is depicted
as a feminine power proceeding through dance
"from the perishable to the imperishable ". Wisdom is another archetype.
© Copyright 2005 George Blair