Very exciting news!
Very exciting news! I wrote to Sigrid Herr, who is a fantastic sculptor who's work I fell in love with awhile back and who I have emailed before about her work...I wrote to ask if she would do a fountain for our backyard, in memorial of Baelin...I got this wonderfully touching response from her:
I can't even express how much this means to me. I am so happy about the prospect and can't wait to see what she comes up with.
On a similar note, I spoke with a local friend of mine, who happens to be Margaret Hudson's daughter-in-law (and also Clement Renzi's daughter), about a memorial statue for Baelin to be placed at The Garden of the Sun, which is on The Discovery Center property. She also said she'd work with me on this and I am going to try to arrange a time to meet with her soon to discuss this. I am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.
We are thinking that we'd like to plant a tree at The Garden of the Sun because that is a beautiful garden and also because we had loved it so much that we originally had planned to get married there (had to change our plans due to rain) and so we know that Baelin's tree will be well cared for for years to come. We don't plan to be in our present home forever, so it would be better to have the tree somewhere that we can always have access to. We would like to have a statue near the tree, to further remember Baelin with.
"Tina,
My heart goes out to you. What a terrible blow to come so close to holding him and then to have to let him go.
I immediately started thinking about how to express the sentiments you must have in sculpture. Let me work on it for a while and see if I can come up with an idea that is dignified and original for your experience. I don't want to tap into cliches or images that are too worn out which would be the danger in this context. I can imagine the depth of your pain and mourning and I would want to do it justice.
Thank you for asking me, I feel honored.
Sigrid"
My heart goes out to you. What a terrible blow to come so close to holding him and then to have to let him go.
I immediately started thinking about how to express the sentiments you must have in sculpture. Let me work on it for a while and see if I can come up with an idea that is dignified and original for your experience. I don't want to tap into cliches or images that are too worn out which would be the danger in this context. I can imagine the depth of your pain and mourning and I would want to do it justice.
Thank you for asking me, I feel honored.
Sigrid"
I can't even express how much this means to me. I am so happy about the prospect and can't wait to see what she comes up with.
On a similar note, I spoke with a local friend of mine, who happens to be Margaret Hudson's daughter-in-law (and also Clement Renzi's daughter), about a memorial statue for Baelin to be placed at The Garden of the Sun, which is on The Discovery Center property. She also said she'd work with me on this and I am going to try to arrange a time to meet with her soon to discuss this. I am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.
We are thinking that we'd like to plant a tree at The Garden of the Sun because that is a beautiful garden and also because we had loved it so much that we originally had planned to get married there (had to change our plans due to rain) and so we know that Baelin's tree will be well cared for for years to come. We don't plan to be in our present home forever, so it would be better to have the tree somewhere that we can always have access to. We would like to have a statue near the tree, to further remember Baelin with.
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