Source: The Kentucky Standard
By Kacie Goode
March 16, 2019
Artist Thomas Dambo and his crew have spent the last few weeks at Bernheim Forest constructing three giants from repurposed wood materials. The art installation is part of an international fairytale featuring Dambo’s work. On Friday, the crew made finishing touches to the giants and leave this weekend for their next job site in Belgium. The giants will “live” at Bernheim for at least three years and await discovery by visitors. Below is the fairytale Dambo has written to tell the story of the three Bernheim Giants.
It was a cold winter, but the snow felt warm
He woke up with eyes closed and heard himself yawn
His name was Isak Heartstone, on mountain top of them all
A name they gave him as small, now he was 36 feet tall
Still a young giant, only 700,051 years
Already a father to two, full of eyes, full of tears
Full of love he was, but felt alone on the mountain
He walked down to the forest, in the forest he found them
His two beautiful children, little Elina and Nis
And their mama Loumari, a hug and a kiss
They spend the winter together while the weather got better
Elina looked at the sky, from the sky fell a feather
It was a sign of good luck, and a fertile forest
Where every being had a place from the smallest to tallest
They made a circle of life, they would soon have a brother
It’s good luck for a baby, when it sleeps in the mother
Some of wood, some of stone, some of sun, some of seeds
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A dragon skull he found 200,000 years ago
It was a symbol of strength, so the baby would grow
But now the ice was melted and Isak looked to the mountain
He knew he had to go back and put his big arms around them
A hug and a kiss, Nis, Elina, Loumari
I will be back again soon, he yelled, walking the prairie
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