There is, in the heart of every individual, an intense desire to attain
to something better, higher than that they currently possess. This is,
as one may painfully observe, too often expressed in an avarice for
wealth, power or self-involvement. But the true genesis of that oft
misappropriated urge of the soul; that ascending desire in the human
spirit that is not of such low origins, can occasionally be witnessed
even in our time. But what is often missed, and most frequently by intention,
is poignantly illustrated in this bronze sculpture: A Cross is
required.
When I first saw this statue at the Shrine of
San Luis, in Colorado, it seemed to echo the very depths of the soul's
longing to be where its true destiny inclines it. This image, that I
originally titled "Ascending" began to take shape in my mind
as the very icon of that higher longing. Whereas ascending assumes the
connotation of an impersonal, aimless direction upward, it stole upon
me that the One depicted here is not so much ascending only,
but earnestly — and with focused intensity — "Going
Home."
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