A subject that fuels my writing is the universal struggle for spiritual and emotional freedom.
The struggle for freedom also inspires Zenos Frudakis’s work.
In a statement about his bronze sculpture, “Freedom,” located at the GSK World Headquarters in Philadelphia, Zenos says:
“I wanted to create a sculpture almost anyone, regardless of their background, could look at and instantly recognize that it is about the idea of struggling to break free. This sculpture is about the struggle for achievement of freedom through the creative process.”
Although for me this feeling sprang from a particular personal situation, I was conscious that it was a universal desire with almost everyone; that need to escape from some situation – be it an internal struggle or an adversarial circumstance, and to be free from it.”
Who knows how long it took Zenos to create this magnificent sculpture, maybe as long as it takes me to write a novel. Yet with just a glance, an observer can get the big picture, whereas it takes an 80,000 word reading to get mine.
Then again…
On closer examination, there is much more to “Freedom” than meets the eye. As with a novel, there are underlying themes that take a keen eye to uncover. There’s more the the story.
We’re two artists coming at freedom from different angles using different mediums.
I hope that someday my novels inspire others as Zenos Frudakis’s work inspires me.
As always, thanks for stopping by,
