I chose shards of granite as metaphor for not only “star stuff” but also the tectonic forces which created the granite. So, out of this never ceasing and ever changing divine energy amassed man. The metaphor of bronze as flesh refers to this divine energy achieving the complexity of man, conscious of itself and its co-creative abilities, thinking and then manifesting those thoughts to create its own reality. So in literal terms, I as man, co-creator, artist, co-created Adam from the raw divine energy of the natural elements, copper, tin and made an alloy called bronze and formed it to its shape through thought and toil-manifestation.

This work also reflects my aesthetic and how it relates to the contemporary. If the shards of granite and bronze are separated, each could be considered a piece of sculpture, an abstract modern piece and a traditional classical piece. This expresses my Centralist view that modern art today has burned its bridges by pu-puing the traditional and classical as passé! I think an artist should be knowledgeable of the past accumulation of art and then from that well, spring forth into the now!