‘Little Girl with Fishes’ Fountain
My family member is in the hospital in San Diego at the Scripts Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. We went to see her yesterday and I was fascinated by the beautiful fountain at the entrance of the hospital. So there I was taking a few pictures before we entered. The fountain shows the life-sized “Little Girl with Fishes” who dances in a fountain outside the hospital’s main entrance.
Later I found that the hospital has a Wolfstein Sculpture Park and Healing Gardens with 31 sculptures donated by the Wolfstein Family. When I go back tomorrow, I am going to go find the gardens with my camera.
You don’t have to be ill to come to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla located at 9888 Genesee Avenue in La Jolla, CA.
T.J. Dixon & James Nelson created this bronze sculpture in 2005 for Scripts Memorial Hospital entitled “The Secret” commonly referred to as the girl with the fishes.
The Secret by Jan Phillips
The fish had a secret he wanted to share
with the girl on the beach who had nary a care
to catch her attention and beckon her out
he leapt from the water and twirled about
His scales were golden, his fins were like wings
when the little girl saw him, she started to sing
“Oh fishy, my fishy, come play with me!”
and into the water she ran with great glee.
The fish swam toward her, his heart pumping wild
for now he could share what he knew with this child.
She dove underwater and swam to his side
as he wiggled his way to her ear to confide:
Wave taught me something she learned from the loon
who learned from the sun, who learned from the moon,
who learned from the oak tree, who learned from the cat,
who learned from the owl this wonderful fact.
That under our feathers, our fins and our furs,
under our gobbles and growls and words,
there’s something as real as water and sun
that holds us together and makes us all one.
It’s wider than sky and deeper than sea,
above and below and inside you and me.
“You mean love?” asked the girl, and the fish said “Oh my,
you knew all along!” and she laughed in reply.
“I learned from the flower, who learned from the seed
that love is the only thing anyone needs
Because love leads to sharing, and caring and fun
and you don’t feel alone when you know we”re all one.”
They looked at each other with joy in their eyes,
“I love you, my fishy,” the little girl sighed.
“And I love you too,” the fishy did say
then they laughed and they played for the rest of the day.
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