ODE TO JOY
Steel 36″h x 15″w x 15″d
Wood base 34″h x 15″w x 15″d
This steel sculpture on a wooden base is one of a triptych: “Ode to Joy (Beethoven), “The New World Symphony” (Dvork) and “Ending On A Positive Note.”
Many say that we live in a noisy world. It is also a musical one.
Lullabies hummed during night hours introduced us to music. If fortunate enough to have hospice care as we die, music may be the last sounds we hear. And between those times we are immersed in song.
Filmmakers and marketers know its power. So do churches.
Then there is another kind of music. We find it when life becomes frenetic and we need to pull apart for a time. Off goes the internet, out come the ear buds. It is then we hear a child breathing, rustling of leaves, the sound of a plane overhead, the wail of a coyote, the ping of a wind chime, or the creak in floor boards. It is all music when we choose to listen.
Beethoven is to my liking. He may not be yours. No matter. My hope is that the sculpture awakens lightsomeness and a sense of joy.