Large Fierce Mammal

LFM Photo — Click to enlarge.

“The steel is strong and solid providing a clear and imposing shell, while the sand shifts and subtly changes form depending on gravity and the action of the wind.” ~ J. Turner

A recent business matter at a far flung corner of the province afforded an opportunity to harness revenue generation in service to immediate gratification of the spirit of adventure. And so it was that on our return trip we espied the tip of this object projecting above its surrounding trees. An adjacent plaque explains its reason for being there …

LFM Photo — Click to enlarge.

The Artist’s website is here and her specific page for the piece featuring a dazzling autumnal photo of it is here.

“Edge presented, broad and stout, Point thrust clean through clouds of doubt …” ~ LFM (LFM Photo — Click to enlarge)

Learning of the sculpture’s intended dynamic interaction with wind and sand (in Winter, no doubt also with snow), and engaged on every level by its aggressive presence, this bubbled up …

Force of Nature

By LFM

Wrought of steel by Human hands,
And thrust toward the sky it stands
To slice the wind and pierce the mist,
Embodying the Artist’s gist.

Edge presented, broad and stout,
Point thrust clean through clouds of doubt,
Hilt in grip of Mother Earth,
Who gave its very essence birth.

So gritty tides now ebb and flow
Before this blade’s persistent blow,
In noble cause or basest crime,
Steel ever shapes the sands of Time.