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Show Docent Meeting at Gilgal Garden November 11, 1999 Figure 1. Gilgal Garden looking west with two major sculptures, Smith Sphinx (center) and the Captain of the Lord's Host (left). Thomas Child, designer, and Maurice Brooks, sculptor, 1945 - 1963. Friends of Gilgal Garden photograph. It is sometimes more potent to suggest and cause wonderment than to explain in detail. It is said that in art the silent part is best and of all expression that which cannot be expressed. The unhewn stone is in harmony with the poetry of the soul. Thomas Child I explanation for the head-form of the Captain sculpture SALT LAKE CITY SPHINX: A Consideration of Its Form and Process Hidden from the eyes of passers-by, Gilgal Garden can only be seen by walking an overgrown 150 foot driveway that leads to the interior of Block 31 in East Central Salt Lake City, Utah. A sense of anticipation accompanies the walk because trees and bushes obscure the view of the sculptures until one arrives at the boundary of the almost half-acre sized sculpture garden. The Captain of the Lords Host (figure 1, 3) is seen first, towering above the foliage in the western section of the garden. It's height catches your eye then it's head-an "unhewn" boulder unmarked by human hand-one of several incongruous elements to be found in this unique garden of sculptures, arrangements and enscribed stones |
