1973- The Falcon and the Falconer
A powerful symbol of the
Michaelian educator takes shape.......
Brother Vincent Corkery |
In 1973, the school commissioned a
sculpture for the library. This was executed in
welded steel by Brother Joseph McNally. Inspired by the poem by
W.B.Yeats, epitomises the challenges that Lasallian educators face today. An effective teacher must embrace the future while cherishing the
past. He must be in tandem with the changing world of the young.
Here's the story behind this sculpture. Brother Joseph McNally collected rejected metal from a scrapyard in Penang. This metal largely consisted of the exhaust pipes of cars involved in fatal crashes. In local parlance, it was "pantang" (taboo) to reuse this metal associated with death. Brother Joseph recast this metal and reshaped it into the sculpture above which symbolises the ideal teacher-student bond -based on love and shared goals.
Its Significance for Michaelian teachers as I see it:
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