Thursday, November 21, 2024

The Only One In The World

 This is Xaver Wilhelmy. He is a member of our church and comes from Austria. He is a craftsman and inventor who created the first pipe organ in the world with glass pipes. It is huge, and is dedicated to the 911 victims. It took him 18 months to build.





The flag design flows around the pipes, sometimes on the front and sometime dipping behind the pipe just like it’s flowing in the wind.

When he made THIS FLAG, he employed people of various nationalities to create this working sound sculpture. They created something that had never existed before.


“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.”

—Author David Levithan


12 comments:

CheerfulMonk said...

Wow! 😊❤️

roentare said...

The artwork is very nice

Ann said...

WOW, that is amazing and beautiful

MadSnapper said...

I am going to be different and say WOW WOW WOW! not a one wow for sure. I can't even imagine how he came up with the idea. I love it! and he goes to your church is even more interesting... I would ask him so many questions he might go back to Austria. ha ha ha. maybe I could show him MY drawing Talent! make that a thousand ha ha's...

Mari said...

Wow, wow!!! That is so incredible! It's beautiful and meaningful.
I had a patient some years ago that was from Austria and was in a concentration camp. She had the flag over her bed so when she woke up, she knew she was still in the US. She had good memories of Austria from before the concentration camp.

Shug said...

Oh Ginny....this piece of art is amazing. what a wonderful talent this man has been given. Thank you for sharing as it is quite stunning...

DawnTreader said...

Amazing!

Sandi said...

Astonishing.

Where can we hear it? I am going to look on you tube.

photowannabe said...

Unbelievable...stunning. I never heard of this pipe organ... where is it located?
Sue

Willow said...

Wow. That's amazing.

HappyK said...

Wow that is amazing!!!!

Inger said...

I agree with the comments above, this work of art and caring is amazing! Please thank the artist for me, this means so much.

The Only One In The World

 This is Xaver Wilhelmy. He is a member of our church and comes from Austria. He is a craftsman and inventor who created the first pipe orga...