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Exhausted! The last metal statue of the four elements
completed: Soliloquy had to have this sculpture finished
before The Celebration of the Elements. Truly a genuine
masterpiece: four gender neutral humans in sandals
seated legs dangling with ease, holding a representation
of the elements in their hands:

Air held a humming bird with pride,
in a bronze cage a bracelet on its wrist.

Water carried a Beluga whale with solace,
in a clear textured murano glass bowl.

Fire sustained by a burning heart with mania,
on a slab of freshly harvested turquoise.

Earth harboured a clay pot with indecision,
dirt collected near the Tree of Knowledge.

This massive structure had to be taken to the town square.
Soliloquy swore that she would sleep for daysas this was her
last commission before the Winter Solstice.The witching hour
found her attentive and un-slumbered, Soliloquy did the only
thing that could be done: she put on her slippers and made
her way back to the atelier and thought of many themes for
unique anomalies.

Instantly, an idea formed in the core of her mind. She wanted
to produce an opus that would resonate the yin-yang impression
on the physical body and ethereal mind. The first matter to
contend with was the brain, requiring something heavy that
was able to support proficiency with ease.

During her last visit to the blacksmith a couple of months back
as a gift she was given a smaller head-size anvil for jewelery
making: which would make an ideal brain. Soliloquy had decided
to paint the crown with a mixture of hues to represent the
myriad of cultures that could be found within our glorious humanity.

The perfect neck: a small inner-tube that would be able to support
such a heavy head - she had taken this from her little radio-flyer
wagon Geppetto had bought her for their first Christmas together.
The wagon had been broken for some time (she had wanted to
see what it would be like rolling with excess of great speed down
the hill). Needless to say: no more shiny red wagon.

The most difficult task was yet to come. The arms and legs were
strung on silver thread with stones, purchased during her last trip
to Brazil - I believe that these were stones from Carnival, a variety
of: amethyst, alexandrite, smokey quartz and jade. The knees
and elbows were large ivory knots with painted eyes on them to
ensure this pseudo-person could see all directions at the same time
with the mobility to move in any direction. Hands and feet had been
cast bronze mitts and slippers: cold but practical.

Soliloquy gave great though to the chest. From a copper pot on the
fire, filled with liquid sugar and grains of melted sand, she poured
the substance into the copper mold of a shield that rested on the table.
Patiently waiting for the torso to cool and harden. At last, with her worn
body, she found her way to bed. Prior to sleeping Soliloquy thought:
I finally did it. My outsides can meet my insides with this new creature.

The Breakable ~ Un:
Instead of a head, an anvil.
Instead of a neck, an inner tube.
Instead of a torso, a glass shield.
Instead of arms and legs, precious beaded stones.
Instead of hands and feet, bronzed mitts and slippers.
Instead of elbows and knees, two sets of eyes.
Here is the conflict with the inside:
nothing can supersede the spirit.

After 15 hours of pleasant sleep, Soliloquy awoke at last. The first thing
she wanted to do was look on her magnificence. Upon arrival to the atelier
she realised everything was, as she left it after completing the piece for
The Celebration of the Elements. "It was all a dream!" Soliloquy thought
to herself... and went looking for the beads she bought in Brazil during
last years Carnival?
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