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"And she took mallet and chisel and went to the
foyer of the Green Chamber. There on a column of stone embedded in the balcony
parapet she carved a family of cave dwellers, primitive creatures not yet fully
human but wielding crude tools and nurturing children. And so it was that long
before there was Canada there was Man, Woman, and Child."
The Carving of Canada., Pg. 29
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"She imagined his ship, driven ahead by
full-bellied sails but being held from shore by the sheer force of fish. Cabot
grew under 'Ti'Elen's chisel and so did his serpent-prowed ship. Carver Wilfrid
Filion drew fish from the depths of the stone and arranged them in unyielding
opposition to the encroaching vessel. Together they carved Business and Nature
beginning eternal conflict in North America."
The
Carving of Canada., Pg.37 |
Cabot's Ship, Frieze of History,
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa |
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Jacques Cartier, Frieze of History,
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa |
"She imagined Cartier, already bludgeoned by the
heat of summer and almost destroyed by the cold of winter, having his own
fearful visions of the unknown. With hammer, chisel and drill she carved him
standing with one foot on shore, straining to see and to record what he could
never see, for, being a sailor, his other foot was firmly planted on board
ship. Around the ship multiple moons floated on the invisible flowing tide of
Time."
The Carving of Canada., Pg. 38
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"But the Freedom she created was more than mere liberty. It was
a terrible Freedom indeed, for it was the Freedom to Choose.... But 'Ti'Elen
stood frightened at what she had done, for in exercising the gift of Freedom to
Choose the people could choose to lose that freedom, and without it, all would
be lost."
The Carving of Canada., Pg.
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Freedom, Frieze of History,
Parliament
Buildings, Ottawa |
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Sculptor, Eleanor
Milne |
Detail from stained glass window British Columbia,
House of Commons
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After studying film at York University,
Ian Scott became a freelance film lighting
technician working on feature film locations as far afield as Budapest, the
Great Wall of China, and the jungles of Borneo. He then moved behind the camera
as an independent Director of Photography. His venture as a still photographer
into the Centre Block of Canada's Parliament Buildings is only one phase of
what is proving to be a fascinating and wide ranging career. E-mail Ian at
idscott@rogers.com
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Photographer, Ian
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Text is copyright ©
Munroe Scott |
Pictures, copyright
© Ian D. Scott |
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