{"id":834,"date":"2010-07-30T21:15:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/?p=834"},"modified":"2015-01-30T21:28:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T21:28:28","slug":"sculpture-captures-jghs-striving-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drharryrosen.ca\/sculpture-captures-jghs-striving-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture captures JGH\u2019s striving spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In practice, the professionals of the Jewish General Hospital spend their days with their hands out in front of them\u2014wielding a scalpel, checking for a fever, fine-tuning an experiment or helping a patient into bed. But in a figurative sense, they\u2019ve actually got their hands in the sky, as they climb toward the next medical breakthrough or strive for higher quality of care.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, when Dr. Harry Rosen tried to picture the essence of the JGH, he envisioned an ascending figure reaching excitedly for some special prize that might cure illness or ease pain. His concept\u2014also his gift to the hospital\u2014has now taken the form of a stone sculpture on C\u00f4te Ste-Catherine near the corner of L\u00e9gar\u00e9, at the front entrance of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.<\/p>\n

Measuring about three metres in height and four in width, \u201cThe Ascent\u201d was created not only by the mind but by the hands of Dr. Rosen, a passionate sculptor and an active Professor Emeritus at McGill University\u2019s Faculty of Dentistry. The figure, composed of dozens of thin, smooth, horizontal slices of stone, is depicted with its back to the viewer as it scales a wall of rough, massive stone blocks. As its left leg is poised to take the next step up, the figure stretches its right arm into the sky, as far as it can go.<\/p>\n

The sculpture, known as \u201cThe Ascent\u201d, is accompanied by a plaque featuring one of Dr. Rosen\u2019s favourite sayings from poet Robert Browning: \u201cA man\u2019s reach should exceed his grasp\u2014or what\u2019s a heaven for?\u201d Moving and installing the 20-ton monument required the efforts of a team of volunteers.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeaching hospitals have been a part of my whole life,\u201d says Dr. Rosen, a legend in his field who has trained and inspired numerous dentistry students over the past 56 years. \u201cI\u2019m happy my sculpture is at the JGH, because I\u2019ve always had and continue to enjoy a close relationship with the people here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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