SPEAK TO US OF GIVING

The Gibran Sculpture Series

This colour photograph shows a bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Giving, placed on grass in a field. The sculpture is equidistant between two large (~1.8m high) vertical stones which are part of a stone circle and with several of the other stones of the circle visible behind. The sculpture is facing out from the circle. The grass where the sculture is placed has been cut to about 150mm but the grass inside the circle has not and has alarge number of buttercups and daisies growing to about 750mm. The background is the mown field outside the circle with two straight wooden fences, apparently at right-angles meeting at a corner which is obscured but just to the left of centre of the picture. Behind the left hand fence is a row of oak trees of about 20 -30 year old. The sculpture is of an apparently naked androgenous human adult, seated on a cube. The legs are spread wide at right-angles and sloping down slightly. The lower legs are spread out slightly away from the knees. The arms are outstretched and are roughly twice their natural length, horizontal and forming a straight line across the torso. The head is upright and faceless and turned slightly to the figure's right - the left as we look at it.

Bronze: 98 x 287 x 17cm (h x w x d)

Also available as a maquette 25 x 40 x 13.5 (h x w x d)

SPEAK TO US OF GIVING

The Gibran Sculpture Series

This colour photograph shows a bronze sculpture called Speak to us of Giving, placed on grass in a field. The sculpture is equidistant between two large (~1.8m high) vertical stones which are part of a stone circle and with several of the other stones of the circle visible behind. The sculpture is facing out from the circle. The grass where the sculture is placed has been cut to about 150mm but the grass inside the circle has not and has alarge number of buttercups and daisies growing to about 750mm. The background is the mown field outside the circle with two straight wooden fences, apparently at right-angles meeting at a corner which is obscured but just to the left of centre of the picture. Behind the left hand fence is a row of oak trees of about 20 -30 year old. The sculpture is of an apparently naked androgenous human adult, seated on a cube. The legs are spread wide at right-angles and sloping down slightly. The lower legs are spread out slightly away from the knees. The arms are outstretched and are roughly twice their natural length, horizontal and forming a straight line across the torso. The head is upright and faceless and turned slightly to the figure's right - the left as we look at it.

Bronze: 98 x 287 x 17cm
(h x w x d)

Also available as a maquette
25 x 40 x 13.5 (h x w x d)

For everyone the world is at your feet.
It is greater to give than to receive.

This is a colour photograph of a bronze sculpture, Speak to us of Giving, placed in the bow of a working boat, travelling west along the River Thames in central London. The sculpture is of an apparently naked androgenous adult human, seated on a cube with legs spread wide at right-angles, thighs parallel to the ground and lower legs almost vertical. The arms are elongated to almost double their natural length and spread wide horizontally so that they form a straight line from hand to hand aacross the back of the torso. The head is upright, but faceless and looking very slightly to its right. In the background is Tower Bridge, open to road traffic. The photo is framed so that the head of the sculpture is almost in the middle of the bridge, with the approach roads either sideimmediately above the two outstretched arms. The weather is overcast and grey. The City of London's modern buildings are visible beyond the bridge - The Shard and The Cheesegrater on the left, The Gherkin and The Walki-Talkie on the right.

Speak to us of Giving being delivered by river to an exhibition in London, framed by Tower Bridge.

Photography by Jeff Moore.

This is a colour photograph of a bronze sculpture, Speak to us of Giving, placed in the bow of a working boat, travelling west along the River Thames in central London. The sculpture is of an apparently naked androgenous adult human, seated on a cube with legs spread wide at right-angles, thighs parallel to the ground and lower legs almost vertical. The arms are elongated to almost double their natural length and spread wide horizontally so that they form a straight line from hand to hand aacross the back of the torso. The head is upright, but faceless and looking very slightly to its right. In the background is Tower Bridge, open to road traffic. The photo is framed so that the head of the sculpture is almost in the middle of the bridge, with the approach roads either sideimmediately above the two outstretched arms. The weather is overcast and grey. The City of London's modern buildings are visible beyond the bridge - The Shard and The Cheesegrater on the left, The Gherkin and The Walki-Talkie on the right.

Speak to us of Giving being delivered by river to an exhibition in London, framed by Tower Bridge.

Photography by Jeff Moore.

This is a colour photograph of a bronze sculpture, Speak to us of Giving. The sculpture is of an apparently naked androgenous adult human, seated on a cube with legs spread wide at right-angles, thighs parallel to the ground and the feet slightly further from the torso than the knees. The arms are elongated to almost double their natural length and spread wide horizontally so that they form a straight line from hand to hand aacross the back of the torso. The head is upright, but faceless and looking very slightly to its right.

The Bronze maquette.

A colour photograph of a bronze sculpture, placed on a large piece of grass. There is a row of trees along the back of the photo and the grass and a large brick wall with a wide rectangular stone plaque on the left hand side of the wall which reads 'Chichester College' and a large circular logo on the right hand side of the wall. The sculpture is an androgenous, apparently naked adult human, sitting on a cubewith legs apart at right-angles, thighs horizontal and lower legs vertical. The arms are elongated to roughly twice the natural length and thrust out to each side making a straight line from one hand to the other across the back. The head is heldupright and facing forwards. There is bright, low sunshine streaming from right to left and the shadow of the head, arms and torso forms a perfect cross on the green grass.

In a park setting near Chichester Cathedral.  What an amazing shadow!

This is a colour photograph of a bronze sculpture, Speak to us of Giving. The sculpture is of an apparently naked androgenous adult human, seated on a cube with legs spread wide at right-angles, thighs parallel to the ground and the feet slightly further from the torso than the knees. The arms are elongated to almost double their natural length and spread wide horizontally so that they form a straight line from hand to hand aacross the back of the torso. The head is upright, but faceless and looking very slightly to its right.

The Bronze maquette.

A colour photograph of a bronze sculpture, placed on a large piece of grass. There is a row of trees along the back of the photo and the grass and a large brick wall with a wide rectangular stone plaque on the left hand side of the wall which reads 'Chichester College' and a large circular logo on the right hand side of the wall. The sculpture is an androgenous, apparently naked adult human, sitting on a cubewith legs apart at right-angles, thighs horizontal and lower legs vertical. The arms are elongated to roughly twice the natural length and thrust out to each side making a straight line from one hand to the other across the back. The head is heldupright and facing forwards. There is bright, low sunshine streaming from right to left and the shadow of the head, arms and torso forms a perfect cross on the green grass.

In a park setting near Chichester Cathedral.  What an amazing shadow!

This sculpture is another in the Gibran Sculpture Series, honouring his book, The Prophet.

“You give but little when you give of your possessions.

It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

  As with all the poems in The Prophet, I would encourage you to read the whole poem.

I created this work with long extended arms wide open as I always feel that the world of opportunity is there at our feet and it is up to us to make the most of every opportunity we are offered.

However, it is certainly greater to give than receive, so my sculpture depicts the act of giving to the world at large, everything one has to offer, however small and however difficult life is.

“There is a destiny that makes us brothers.

No one goes his way alone.
All that we send into the lives of others
Comes back into our own”.

Edwin Markham

1852-1940

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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