And some may say that the St Magnus Cathedral, was, in itself, a fitting tribute to "St Magnus". And Happy Valley is to Edwin Harrold. As for public sculptures - I'm not sure whether the "people of Orkney" even *want* traditional public sculpture as a representation of past "heroes". Different cultures have different ways of representations. I don't think that has been part of the "orkney tradition" (see above!). Monuments yes, traditional "figure" sculptures, no. Tourists might like the public art, but I'm not so sure it would win many votes (in a non political sense) from local folk. Sian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Tulloch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Names and links with Canada > Tuck wrote: >> >> Where is a sculpture of St. Magnus, just for starters? At the site of >> his martyrdom there is a stone plinth which seems to cry out for an >> image of him to stand against the sky. And such an image could be >> easily cast twice, the second of which ought to stand before the >> Cathedral. >> > I feel there's a serious danger that sculptures of St Magnus et al could > be both sentimental and fanciful. > > I'd agree with Sian on the Longhope lifeboat memorial, though; I too > find it moving. > > Norman Tulloch > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >