Text of the Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
TO GET READY FOR CLASS :
- Listen to Pied Beauty and read text above
- Take some time to journal about the mystery that the architect and artist, Sylvain Dubuisson, embedded in his worked titled, Haute Sphere.
Dubuisson works in porcelain. He also used lighting to tell the story of the incarnation. The time that he gave to crafting the halo and the thoughts that are new about the stars and the sand give new life to the idea of a creche. If you have a slow weekend and want to see the making of the work of art you can view the movie (in French) in the box below. To see a close up of
https://www.sylvaindubuisson.com/objets-singuliers#/haute-sphere-1/
PREP this week is to look closely at this art installation. It was created in 2010 for a cathedral in Paris (La Madeleine) and it has been transported during Advent to several cathedrals around the world. Several years ago it came to a cathedral in the US (Los Angeles).
Can you imagine taking on this commission? How do you work with a theme that is mass produced by the millions every year? How do you dig deep in your soul for the wonder and the awe that is inside something we think we already know.?
You can turn the audio down (in French) and see the making of the creche