This sculpture began with a simple sketch; playing with the interplay of forms in space. It was only later, as I was fully engaged in creating the work, that it became apparent to me that I was referencing thoughts on life, love, and death. † Greek mythology chose to personify human traits and beliefs in the guise of gods and goddesses. As a youngster, the nuns taught me that ìwe are made in the image and likeness of God.î I believe now, as a man of 75, that our gods often incorporate our own images and likenesses and flaws. † My approach in this work is to convey the dance between love/life and death as represented by the arching and undulating vegetative form (Eros/love) that is countered by a bleached, and bone-like rock form (Thanatos/death). I believe that my sculpture endeavors to show that love overcomes death. It is the viewer's role to draw their own conclusions.