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Germ of life (sculpture at the Schützenstraße traffic circle)
Street art/ art in public space
Sculpture by Stephen Lawson
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Germ of life (sculpture at the Schützenstraße traffic circle)
Schützenstraße 67
59505 Bad Sassendorf
Telephone: +49 2921 / 9433456
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The germ of life is the beginning of the tree of life. The tree of life represents and carries within it the possibility of humanity to learn from all the stories that have occurred in the course of human history and to work together for a better social life.
The shape is reminiscent of a germinating plant. In the center is the actual germ, the nucleus that inspires, generates and makes life worth living. It can represent a fruit, a message or even the earth. The cotyledons in the form of two hands symbolize the aspect of human togetherness. The hands are deliberately made different in size and are not a "matching pair" of just one person.
Imagine two people, e.g. a child and an Greis, standing opposite each other with their hands raised to pass a fruit or a ball - as a conscious gesture or friendly ritual - or they are guarding a precious gift or They are symbolically holding the globe.
All these seemingly different associations ultimately lead back to the final interpretation that humanity has grown from one earth and can only experience healing, survive and flourish by working together.
The shape is reminiscent of a germinating plant. In the center is the actual germ, the nucleus that inspires, generates and makes life worth living. It can represent a fruit, a message or even the earth. The cotyledons in the form of two hands symbolize the aspect of human togetherness. The hands are deliberately made different in size and are not a "matching pair" of just one person.
Imagine two people, e.g. a child and an Greis, standing opposite each other with their hands raised to pass a fruit or a ball - as a conscious gesture or friendly ritual - or they are guarding a precious gift or They are symbolically holding the globe.
All these seemingly different associations ultimately lead back to the final interpretation that humanity has grown from one earth and can only experience healing, survive and flourish by working together.