Angels in America
You can’t live in the world without an idea of it - you have to have a theory.
Commemorative angels
They commemorate death but they suggest a world without dying. They are made of the heaviest stuff on earth, stone and iron, they weigh tons but they are winged. Engines and instruments of flight.
Commemorative angels are sculped and molded for us by masons, patrons, architects and artists. From the landscape high up on their podiums, in paintings, building façades, in churches & on roof peaks, angels look up to the skies, or compassionately down on us, all winged, some with open arms to welcome us into their fold, or with hands on their hearts, naked babies frolicking at their feet, perhaps an adult yielding in their embrace. They are a symbol of transition between worlds. I have grown fond of angels, they remind me of love, compassion, empathy and in their idea i seek refuge, comfort & hope.
