HYLAND - ICFF Preview
A haphazard assemblage of wood
remnants, logos, cardboard boxes and
books, constructed on the third floor of
my parents house, formed my models
of famed castles Saint Angelo and Saint
Elmo.
As a school boy I eventually visited
the real Forts Saint Angelo and Elmo
on Malta, where 450 years ago an epic
battle occurred between East and West.
For me Fort Saint Angelo came to
symbolize a physical embodiment of
peace, its namesake the spiritual. I
later realized a childhood dream when
the castle was returned to the Knights
who once occupied it during the siege:
today their mission no longer includes
war, but rather the charisma of assisting
the needy of all faiths and races, East or
West.
e Good Angels triptych commissioned
from Alexander Gendell commemorates
all those individuals and entities that seek
to resolve conflicts and sustain peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr. told me, while
a student at Lawrence Academy: "look
evil in the eye and give it no succor."
Lincoln, however arduous the price,
pursued the noble course. Benjamin,
The Good
Angels
triptych
comm-
issioned from
Alexander
Gendell
commemorates
all those
individuals
and entities
that seek
to resolve
conflicts and
sustain peace.
