Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Sculpture as Memorial



This sculpture by a faulty member in the art department is a tribute to one of the students who died tragically in an automobile accident several years ago. He had been a "lifer"--someone who had started his academic career in the school many years before as a kindergartener, and he was a boy who was known and enjoyed by all of his classmates. I had known him since he had been a small boy, and because he also was the son of one of my colleagues, his death was particularly poignant.

10 comments:

  1. Its a beautiful memorial.

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  2. A lovely tribute to a young man. How very sad for all who knew him.

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  3. triste, mais cette sculpture est un très bel mémorial.
    sad, but this sculpture is a beautiful memorial.

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  4. Nice sculpture for this memorial...

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  5. Anonymous7:40 AM

    This is nice. A beautiful tribute to a young man no longer with us.

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  6. I've never seen a memorial sculpture quite like this one. Very nice. Glad he will be remembered in some way.

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  7. Thank you for being one of my first "folowers", Kate! I thought it was working only for US blogs but now, it seems to be possible in France too! Have a great day!

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  8. What can I say? The kind of story that you hate to learn, but...

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  9. A very sad event but a lovely tribute.....

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  10. So you would have been the "faulty member" of the English department, I guess...

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