Week 3

Another Day at The Central Library Brings New Hope...

I had almost given up hope of finding information on the Flying Marlins sculpture, because  I had yet to find anything online or within the vertical files at the library. I was about to go on a desperate search for this sculpture, of which I barely knew its general location, when my friend forced me to put on my big girl pants and ask the librarian for assistance. A personal note to those out there who think they can do every thing on their own, you are sorely mistaken. I was assisted so much, by the woman we asked that it gave me tons of information on a topic I thought I would never find. The artist of the sculpture is Kent Ullberg, a well known artist throughout the state of Texas. The name of the sculpture is "Wind In The Sails". People are there to help, so no one should ever feel weak for asking for assistance. It is in human nature to help one another. It is safe to say I learned more not only about the flying marlin sculpture on the bay, but also about myself as a person. There seems to me to be more to this project as a whole then just finding out facts about a random topic. The skills needed to effectively research our topics teach us students how to interact professionally with those outside of school, learn maturity through responsibility and follow through, while also showing us how amazing the process of discovery can be.

Coming Together

As the project comes to its official close I have been trying to figure out how to describe why I researched what I did and what I gained from it. I guess the main reason started out being to connect myself and others more with sculptures displayed in many parts of Corpus Christi. I narrowed my search down to five specific sculptures due to time constraints. This project has allowed me to see how fulfilling research can be (even when you get stuck) because there is really an infinite amount of ways you can go about the search. I started with a simple idea of "Sculptures around Corpus" but I believe it would be more appropriate to state that I found living records of the past that allow for those in the present better experience both the past and symbolism that sculptures portray. Even if they have no historical dedication, they themselves are making history. They record a moment, no matter how abstract the piece or the moment may have been, the end result is that of fondness for all those who in a way share a memories through the one art piece.