Peace Fountain

I hope you’re not getting tired of St. John the Divine and its surrounding but there’s lot to see there.  Next to the cathedral, you’ll find the Children’s Sculpture Garden and one of the things you’ll see is the Peace Fountain.  This is a combination of a bronze sculpture and fountain.  At the moment, there’s no running water in the fountain.  I’m not sure why.

The sculpture represents and celebrates triumph of Good over Evil.  It depicts opposite forces such as violence and harmony, light and darkness, life and death.  You’ll see Archangel Michael triumphant over Satan.

 You’ll also see depictions of the Sun, the Moon, and animals like a giraffe, crab, lion and lamb, which all have symbolic and Biblical interpretations.

Normally you’ll also find at least one live peacock roaming around the fountain.  However, I haven’t seen any there in a long time.  I don’t know why.  Don’t know what happened to them.

Paz

Ed. Note:  Laura left a comment that she visited the Peace Garden the day before this post and she saw the peacock.  Yay!  I’m glad he’s still around.  Thanks for letting us know, Laura.

Bobbie wondered about children’s reaction to the sculpture.  From what I’ve seen they do not have a negative reaction.  The kids I’ve seen around the sculpture are happy.  I’ve seen them playing and running around.  I’m sure they have questions and interesting comments….