Sculpture:<\/p>\n
– The first wave \u2013 the tallest \u2013 is the beginning of life, when you are full of strength and power, while your experience, your shadow, is still very short.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Passer-by:<\/p>\n
– My stage of life is probably the second wave, the middle one? The path I have already travelled casts quite a long shadow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sculpture:<\/p>\n
– The second wave depicts the middle of a person\u2019s life, when you have already reached your goal, know what you are doing and where you are going, and the shadow of your experience is longer \u2013 long enough for your children to shelter in it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And the third wave is old age, when a person bends close to the ground, legs grow tired, the body weakens and the bowed head almost touches the shadow. An old person\u2019s memory is packed with the dearest, most painful and most tender recollections. They all fit within the long shadow of a life.
Pause. The sound of the sea becomes clearer. <\/i><\/em>
Passer-by:<\/p>\n– But do you know why I am sad? Because when I am gone, my shadow will be gone too. My experience, my feelings, my joys will disappear\u2026 There will be nowhere for my children and friends to shelter. I will no longer be their protection from the wind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sculpture:<\/p>\n
– But other waves and other shadows will remain. Look how changeable the sea is: one moment it glimmers calmly like silver, laying down a path of moonlight; the next, it throws white foam onto the shore and roars like a beast escaping from a cave. Human, you are only a wave, rising, running and receding. The sooner you understand that, the more peacefully you will live the time remaining to you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Do not be afraid to become the third wave, in whose shadow, for one brief but wonderfully real moment, your children, your friends and the whole world will fit. That one brief moment\u2026 when you are the third wave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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