Valente Academy LawArt 2018_03-04_A Flicker of Hope
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A FLICKER OF HOPE
2018
Some of the most meaningful works of art have been
occasionally created by the minds of ingenious, albeit
anonymous artists or craftsmen.
This is surely the case of a jar with a bronze lid, crafted
by an anonymous artisan, or perhaps an artist, who
was surely a dreamer with a fanciful imagination.
Such artisan was inspired to transform a simple brick
– salvaged from the wrecks of the House of Commons
– into a jar with a bronze lid.
The seal adorning one of the sides of the jar represents
Saint George, Patron Saint of England, as a symbol of
special protection, hope and ultimate victory over the
“big bad dragon”.
While Westminster Hall was rescued from the blaze – in
view of its historical meaning – the House of Commons
did not fare as well.
The artisan being unknown, we are left with the
stimulating task of guessing, or of drawing our own
conclusions as to the true motivations that left us
with this small, but effective, symbol of hopefulness
(or at least, this is one of the many likely or subjective
interpretations): life goes on, even under the form of
a humble brick, which destiny was to be transformed
by human events into an ornament for a mantlepiece, a
small and perhaps, even seemingly superfluous object;
and yet, this object is an incisive reminder that life goes
on, must always be respected and that, notwithstanding
man’s folly, it always has the last word.
This particular jar represents in its simple lines how
creativity, originality and ingenuity may create
something out of a mere “nothing”.
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