Falling...
What does freefall feel like?
Liberating?
Terrifying?
Free?
There can be so much pressure to strive forwards, show progress, move on up. When we take the time to look up, we see the realm where the eagle soars. And the other birds. And the stars. There too, is Asteria, goddess of falling stars.
According to Greek legend, Asteria transformed herself into a quail to evade the advances of Zeus, himself appearing as an eagle. She flung herself into the Aegean Sea and metamorphosed into the "quail island" Ortygia, the historical centre of Syracuse, Sicily. It really looks like a quail - check it out.
Asteroids, from Greek asteroeidḗs, means ‘starry’ or ‘starlike’. Asteroids are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, within the Main Asteroid Belt. The Belt contains over a million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer across. Are they floating freely or falling?
Asteria - floating freely or falling?
In stark contrast to so many male sculptures, standing proud in stoic, commanding poses, these fluid forms hint at vulnerability, uncertainty and dynamic freedom.
Bronze resin #1: 56 (h) x 40 (w) cm #2: 78 (h) x 38 (w) cm #3: 66 (h) x 33 (w) cm
Asteria - goddess of falling stars
Sound effects with thanks to the crows