Dying Slave

Dying Slave, Michelangelo Buonarroti

This sculpture was a revelation for me, personifying the condition of men today. This man is sensual, much to sensual to live in society.

Beauty evokes a feeling of pleasure. This pleasure is closely connected with our infantile desire for security. Those forms or shapes which we associate with the satisfaction of this desire for security will forever give us the sense of complete satisfaction.
Our first notions of security are connected with the form of our mother, the curves and tactile planes in the human body are the origin of this satisfaction.
I am exploring the male aesthetic. I feel that men need to be liberated from society's preconceptions of what a male is. We must liberate ourselves from our first notions of security and society's constraints. Then and  only then, can we fully realize our maleness, our beauty.....