1. HEAVEN AND EARTH

2008
Size: Tabletop
Cast Bronze

"Between heaven and Earth The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up, as if orchards were dying high in space. Each leaf falls as if it were motioning "no."

And tonight the heavy earth is falling away from all other stars in the loneliness.

We're all falling. This hand here is falling. And look at the other one. It's in them all.

And yet there is Someone, whose hands infinitely calm, holding up all this falling."

Rilke

2. SEPTEMBER TWILIGHT

2008
Size: Tabletop
Cast Bronze

September Twilight

"Do you remember still the falling stars
that like swift horses through the heavens raced
and suddenly leaped across the hurdles
of our wishes--do you recall? And we
did make so many! For there were countless numbers
of stars: each time we looked above we were
astounded by the swiftness of their daring play,
while in our hearts we felt safe and secure
watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate,
knowing somehow we had survived their fall."

Rilke

3. KISS OF LIFE

2008
Size: Tabletop
Cast Bronze: 20 x 44 x 22 inches

Kiss Of Life
"For one human being to love another:
that is the most difficult of all our tasks,
the ultimate, the last test of proof,
the work for which all other work
is but preparation."

R.M. Rilke