No nā makahiki he nui, ua huki ke kiʻi i ka hale kupapaʻu ʻo Montparnasse i ka manaʻo o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea aloha i hele mai i ʻaneʻi e kanikau a haʻi i ko lākou aloha mau i kekahi. Ua loli nā mea a pau i ka wā i maopopo ai ʻo wai ka mea kākau o ke kiʻi kiʻi: ua lilo ia i mea hoʻokahi o nā kiʻi kiʻi pipiʻi loa o ka honua - Constantin Brancusi. Ma laila i hoʻomaka ai…
Ua ho'okomo 'ia ke ki'i "The Kiss" i ka makahiki 1911 ma ka lua kupapa'u o Tatyana Rashevskaya, he 23 makahiki. Uaʻikeʻia e pili ana i ke kaikamahine i hele maiʻo ia mai kahiʻohana Iudaio waiwai, ua hānauʻia ma Kyiv, noho ma Moscow no kekahi mau makahiki, a ma 1910 haʻalele i ka'āina a komo i ke kula lapaʻau ma Paris.
Ma ke institute, ua hana ʻia kāna kamaʻāina maikaʻi loa me Solomon Marbe, he kauka lapaʻau, nāna i aʻo pinepine i nā haumāna ma laila. Wahi a nā lono, ua pili ka haumāna a me ke kumu, ʻo ka hopena o ia mea, me he mea lā, ua haki ka puʻuwai o ke kaikamahine. I ka hiki ʻana mai o ke kaikuahine o ke kauka iā Tatyana i ka hopena o Nowemapa 1910 e hoʻihoʻi i kāna mau leka aloha, ʻike ʻo ia ua kau ʻia ka haumāna. Ua ʻōlelo ka palapala pepehi kanaka i ke aloha nui ʻole.
Ma hope o ka hoʻolewa, ua huhū ʻo Marbe, ua huli ʻo ia i kāna hoaaloha ka mea kālai me ka noi e hana i pōhaku kupapaʻu, a haʻi iā ia i kahi moʻolelo kaumaha. A no laila ua hānau ʻia ka honi. ʻAʻole makemake nā ʻohana o Tatyana i ka hana, kahi i hui ai nā mea aloha ʻole i kahi honi, a hoʻoweliweli hoʻi lākou e hoʻololi iā ia me kahi mea kuʻuna. ʻAʻole naʻe lākou i hana pēlā.
Ma waena o 1907 a me 1945, ua hana ʻo Constantin Brancusi i nā mana he nui o The Kiss, akā ʻo kēia kiʻi kiʻi mai 1909 ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea hōʻike. Ua hoʻomau ʻia ke kū nani i ka ea hou inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaka ka mea kūʻai kiʻi ʻo Guillaume Duhamel e ʻimi i ka mea nona ka lua kupapaʻu. A i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻohana, hāʻawi koke ʻo ia e kōkua iā lākou e "hoʻihoʻi i ka pono" a "hoʻōla i ke kiʻi", a i ʻole, hopu a kūʻai aku. Ma hope koke iho, ua hui pū kekahi mau loio i ka hihia.
Wahi a ka poʻe akamai, ʻo ke kumukūʻai o "The Kiss" i manaʻo ʻia ma kahi o $ 30-50 miliona. ʻAʻole makemake nā luna Farani e nalowale i ka hana nui a Brancusi a ua hoʻokomo mua i kāna hana i ka papa inoa o nā waiwai aupuni. Aka, oiai ke kanawai ma ka aoao o na hoahanau. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai o ka lanakila ke kiʻekiʻe loa i kēia manawa ke hana nei nā loio o ka ʻohana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai ke hoʻihoʻi i ke kiʻi i kona mau mea pono. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo ʻia ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo hope loa a ka ʻaha, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo "The Kiss" i loko o kahi pahu lāʻau i hiki ʻole ke hana ʻia. A laila he liʻiliʻi…
Minamina ka moʻolelo aloha nani, ʻoiai ʻo ka pōʻino, e pau ana nā pilikia e like me kēia… ʻaʻohe mea. A ʻoiai ke ʻano o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka honua a puni, ʻike mākou iā mākou iho i kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka wā, i ka hakakā ʻana o nā waiwai kanaka a me nā waiwai waiwai, lilo ke kālā i mea nui no kekahi. A ʻo ka honi wale nō o ke aloha ʻoiaʻiʻo he mea ʻole ia, akā i ka manawa like he waiwai nui ia no mākou.