This sculpture was created to honour Roberta Bondar’s accomplishments in space. Discovery is the shuttle name, and STS – 42 is the flight number when she became the first female Canadian in space.
“If you have a vision and you find that someone doesn’t share that vision, you either change the vision or change the people you share it with. We learn and grow one goal at a time. But to set meaningful goals, we need imaginative insight or vision.”
Dr. Roberta Bondar
Back to the Artwork pageThis sculpture was created to honour Roberta Bondar’s accomplishments in space. Discovery is the shuttle name, and STS – 42 is the flight number when she became the first female Canadian in space.
“If you have a vision and you find that someone doesn’t share that vision, you either change the vision or change the people you share it with. We learn and grow one goal at a time. But to set meaningful goals, we need imaginative insight or vision.”
Dr. Roberta Bondar
Breaking waves caress the inhabitants of distant shores in hypnotic rhythms. Pebbles glisten and turn, becoming one with the smooth and rippled sand beneath them. A lone Pine clings to all that supports it, and life continues on Huron’s shores.
When the loons no longer call
When the wolves have no need to howl
When the whispering pines are quieted
We feel the silent voices of Algonquin Spirits
Yield to me your secrets that I may know the storms I must endure. Yield to me your secrets that I may know the peace I may encounter. Yield to me your secrets that I may know the journey with faith and joy through the waves of my life.
Early snow brings pause to all who ply these waters. The call of geese overhead reminds me of the passing season, and the gentle approach of the next. Memories return to summer morns, and carefree paddles on mist shrouded lakes. Without the return of melting warmth, we are only left awaiting spring.
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