Lucinda is pictured in her glassworks holding a ‘Prince Rupert Drop’. This is a teardrop shaped piece of glass that is seemingly unbreakable. It can withstand a blow from a sledge hammer and it will not break, however, if you squeeze the tail with a pair of pliers it will explode into thousands of pieces. I like the principal behind the Prince Rupert Drop. It suggests that sometimes we need to take a different approach to a situation. Sometimes a gentle persistence is required to achieve a desired result rather than brute force. Behind Lucinda is a leadlight window depicting a lion.
The Author uses the metaphor of glass to show what fragile creatures we are, but, at times we are capable of great inner strength. Oscar drew on his inner strength as he made his foolish journey across the outback with the glass church. Unfortunately, the journey took its toll on him and he is depicted here as fragile and broken as the glass church he is drowning in.
To me Strength is all about passion. It is when we are in touch with our life purpose that a great fire burns within us. This raging life-force is where we draw our great strength from.
It wasn’t until Lucinda lost her fortune to a bet and had to go and work in a factory that she found her passion and fought hard for workers rights.
What are you passionate about? When you truly embrace your passion you feel confident, clear in your direction, invincible!