FULL TILT

Bronze, Alabaster, 12" x 12" x 6"

As a sculptor I like to work from gestural drawing inspired from emotional responses to personal experience. "Full Tilt" is about letting go and just taking life as it comes with a sense of joy and freedom even in the midst of danger. The bronze figure merges with the bicycle form as they race with wild, hair-flying, leg-flailing, break-neck abandon down a slope. How one approaches terrifying terrain is the issue - not fear at what might happen but liberation from it. Recognizing that so much of human experience is outside ones control but knowing that ultimately there is order and goodness beyound the chaos can under gird a soul with delightful valor. This work is dedicated Martini, of "Purple Sage" Boise, Idaho, who has approached her struggle with breast cancer with the courage of which it tries to speak. However, what this piece attempts to do in bronze and alabaster she exhibits for real through her blithe spirit. Her life is living work of art that can truly insire bravery in others. Thank you, Martini, for showing us how that's done!

I. Deely
Aug. 1999
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