truth expands outward
yields right-of-way to falsehood
continues on its path
Maria dos Santos Pittsylvania
is my avatar in Second Life
she is a pink body-suited android
and she knows how to dance Kizomba
her steps are pure poetry -
her smile - deliverance - truth
The fountain
was erected to celebrate the nation's first exploration of outer space. The
monumental central figure suggests a superhuman mythological being. He is
seated upon a 10-foot (3.0 m) sphere, encrusted with a multitude of stars
of various magnitudes set in a pattern of the bright-star constellations of the
celestial system. In his hands, he holds two planets that he is sending off
into space. His hair, designed with jagged lightning-like forms, is studded
with clusters of multi-pointed stars. The dynamic spiral orbit-form swirling
around the sphere represents the speed and perpetual movement of the heavenly
bodies in space. Play of the water in a spiral pattern from numerous
star-shaped sprays is intended to increase the feeling of movement upon the
figure, sphere, and orbit.
The basin of
the fountain is lined with colored glass mosaic tiles. The central figure and
sphere are cast in bronze while the orbit, planets, water spouts, and the stars
in the hair and on the surface of the sphere are of nickel alloy. According to
Fredericks, the sculpture "represents this age of great interest,
exploration and discovery in outer space...[and] the immensity, order and
mystery of the universe."
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