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This sculpture is based on a song from my favorite band Virgin Black. I specifically made it for the vocalist/pianist, Rowan. (Hence the piano key border) The title of the song is scribed on the bottom keys and the lyrics around the rest of the frame. The focal point is the titular poet who is symbolically represented as a chalice. I interpret the word ' porcelain ' to evoke the fragility and vulnerability of the emotions that a poet expresses. I portray the poet of the song, which is essentially a psalm of worship, as a conduit of these emotions that originate in the “fathomless depth” of God. (Represented by the opaque black eye at the top.) The emotions flow from God into the mind of the poet who interprets them through a human filter, and collects them in cupped hands, offering them to us.

Description
This sculpture is based on a song from my favorite band Virgin Black. I specifically made it for the vocalist/pianist, Rowan. (Hence the piano key border) The title of the song is scribed on the bottom keys and the lyrics around the rest of the frame. The focal point is the titular poet who is symbolically represented as a chalice. I interpret the word ' porcelain ' to evoke the fragility and vulnerability of the emotions that a poet expresses. I portray the poet of the song, which is essentially a psalm of worship, as a conduit of these emotions that originate in the “fathomless depth” of God. (Represented by the opaque black eye at the top.) The emotions flow from God into the mind of the poet who interprets them through a human filter, and collects them in cupped hands, offering them to us.