SPEAK TO US OF CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Gibran Sculpture Series

This colour photo shows a fine art bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Crime and Punishment. It is a an adult human with a male physique standing. He is cowering in shame. His head is bent forward so that his chin is almost touching his chest. His left arm is raised horizontally with his left hand covering his forehead. Both legs are slightly bent at the knee. The right hand and arm areup and bent in a defensive, punching posture. He is standing on a highly-polished stone plinth in a brown field. In the middle distance is a wooden post and rail fence with an open gateway to the left of the sculpture. The field beyond has aging grass in it and its boundary is another wooden post and rail fence with immediately behind a row of leafless tall trees, several with ivy climbing the trunks. There are hills in the far distance and the sky is almost completely full of fluffy pal grey and white clouds. We are looking at the sculpture's left side and he is therefore facing left.
This colour photo shows a fine art bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Crime and Punishment. It is a an adult human with a male physique standing. He is cowering in shame. His head is bent forward so that his chin is almost touching his chest. His left arm is raised horizontally with his left hand covering his forehead. Both legs are slightly bent at the knee. The right hand and arm areup and bent in a defensive, punching posture. He is standing on a highly-polished stone plinth in a brown field. In the middle distance is a wooden post and rail fence with an open gateway to the left of the sculpture. The field beyond has aging grass in it and its boundary is another wooden post and rail fence with immediately behind a row of leafless tall trees, several with ivy climbing the trunks. There are hills in the far distance and the sky is almost completely full of fluffy pal grey and white clouds. We are looking at the sculpture's left side and he is therefore facing left.

Fine Art Bronze 48 x 13 x 13cm (h x w x d)

This work is shown as a maquette but can also be made life size.

Fine Art Bronze 48 x 13 x 13cm
(h x w x d)

This work is shown as a maquette but can also be made life size.

“It is when your spirit goes wandering upon the wind.
That you, alone and unguarded, commit a wrong unto others and therefore unto yourself.

And for that wrong committed you must knock and wait a while unheeded at the gate of the blessed.“

 Kahlil Gibran – The Prophet, 1923.

This colour photo shows a fine art bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Crime and Punishment. It is a an adult human with a male physique standing. We are looking at the back of the sculpture, from the very top of the thighs upwards. He is cowering in shame. His head is bent forward so that we can only see the very back of it. His left arm is raised horizontally with his left hand holding his forehead which we can't quite see. The right arm is up but we can't really see it. The field beyond has aging browning grass in it and its boundary is a wooden post and rail fence with immediately behind a row of leafless tall trees, several with ivy climbing the trunks. There are hills in the far distance and the sky is almost completely full of fluffy pal grey and white clouds.
This colour photo shows a fine art bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Crime and Punishment. It is a an adult human with a male physique standing. He is cowering in shame. His head is bent forward so that his chin is almost touching his chest. His left arm is raised horizontally with his left hand covering his forehead. Both legs are slightly bent at the knee. The right hand and arm areup and bent in a defensive, punching posture. He is standing on a highly-polished stone plinth which we can only just see at the bottom of the picture. We are looking at the sculpture's front left side and he is therefore facing left. The background is a completely clear, electric blue sky. The bronze is highly polished and extremely dark in colour.

“The murdered is not unaccountable for his own murder,
And the robbed is not blameless in being robbed.
The righteous is not innocent of the deeds of the wicked,
And the white-handed is not clean in the doings of the felon.

Yea, the guilty is often the victim of the injured.“

 Kahlil Gibran – The Prophet, 1923.

This colour photo shows a fine art bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Crime and Punishment. It is a an adult human with a male physique standing. We are looking at the back of the sculpture, from the very top of the thighs upwards. He is cowering in shame. His head is bent forward so that we can only see the very back of it. His left arm is raised horizontally with his left hand holding his forehead which we can't quite see. The right arm is up but we can't really see it. The field beyond has aging browning grass in it and its boundary is a wooden post and rail fence with immediately behind a row of leafless tall trees, several with ivy climbing the trunks. There are hills in the far distance and the sky is almost completely full of fluffy pal grey and white clouds.

Speak to us of Crime & Punishment

This colour photo shows a fine art bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Crime and Punishment. It is a an adult human with a male physique standing. He is cowering in shame. His head is bent forward so that his chin is almost touching his chest. His left arm is raised horizontally with his left hand covering his forehead. Both legs are slightly bent at the knee. The right hand and arm areup and bent in a defensive, punching posture. He is standing on a highly-polished stone plinth which we can only just see at the bottom of the picture. We are looking at the sculpture's front left side and he is therefore facing left. The background is a completely clear, electric blue sky. The bronze is highly polished and extremely dark in colour.

Speak to us of Crime & Punishment

Crime and Punishment is the eleventh poem chapter in The Prophet and it is a long one!   So please make sure you have a copy of this amazing book and read the poems slowly to absorb their messages.

I find it is the sort of book where sometimes one poem is quite enough.  I recommend that you only take on board what you can and think about just a bit at a time.

You will make your own judgements and, I hope,
may learn from verses over many years.

I find The Prophet deep and stimulating and interesting and educational all at the same time.

To learn more about Kahlil Gibran, click here.

To learn more about The Prophet, click here to go to the Wikipedia entry.

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