Melville and Jonah's Journey
This is the 5.5’ foot clay model, which has been scanned, and will be enlarged and cast as a 7.5’ figure and placed on a granite ring, which will be inscribed with the hymn from Chapter 9 of Moby Dick (The ribs and terrors in the whale, arched over me a dismal gloom… ). It will be installed next to the iconic Seaman’s Bethel in New Bedford, MA.
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The wind blows around the entire figure, following the motion of the ribs, creating a sense of conflict and energy. Melville is enveloped.
He looks towards the harbor, and the southern seas.