SPEAK TO US OF CHILDREN
(The Archer)
The Gibran Sculpture Series
Fine Art bronze 220 x 50 x 100cm (h x w x d)
This sculpture is available with or without a plinth
The first line of the Children chapter of The Prophet, reads:
‘A woman who held a babe against her bosom said,
“Speak to us of Children”.
This sculpture echoes the drawing by Gibran with a bow made of children.
His words describe the stability of the bow, with the child’s home and upbringing as the central theme of the poem, and God , the archer, encourages the parents to fire their children into the world with intent.
“You are the bows from which your children, as living arrows, are sent forth.”
Kahlil Gibran – The Prophet, 1923.
SPEAK TO US OF CHILDREN
(The Archer)
The Gibran Sculpture Series
Fine Art bronze 220 x 50 x 100cm
(h x w x d)
This sculpture is available with or without a plinth
The first line of the Children poem of The Prophet, reads:
‘A woman who held a babe against her bosom said,
“Speak to us of Children”.
This sculpture echoes the drawing by Gibran with a bow made of children.
His words describe the stability of the bow, with the child’s home and upbringing as the central theme of the poem, and God , the archer, encourages the parents to fire their children into the world with intent.
“You are the bows from which your children, as living arrows,
are sent forth.”
Kahlil Gibran – The Prophet, 1923.
Speak to us of Children with cherry blossom behind.
Speak to us of Children with an oak tree backdrop.
Speak to us of Children
with cherry blossom behind.
Speak to us of Children
with an oak tree backdrop.
I based this sculpture on one of Gibran’s own sketches. I made the archer life size and the bow is made up of children.
It’s a wonderful way to describe what we try to do as parents The archer being the great master or controller or deity is God directing us to allow our children to find their own way in life, but ideally having a stable background as would be described by The Zen of Archery.
Enlargement
This sculpture is a heroic piece of great stature and would even enlarge further if so commissioned.
It forms a very strong image against any skyline.
I based this sculpture on one of Gibran’s own sketches. I made the archer life size and the bow is made up of children.
It’s a wonderful way to describe what we try to do as parents The archer being the great master or controller or deity is God directing us to allow our children to find their own way in life, but ideally having a stable background as would be described by The Zen of Archery.
Enlargement
This sculpture is a heroic piece of great stature and would even enlarge further if so commissioned.
It forms a very strong image
against any skyline.