The more people leave happy today, the more will come back tomorrow.

They want to see my marble
reaching towards them
but not too close.

They want to see what speaks to them
and to feel like they're learning
but nothing too different.

Their expectations are all unique
wondering where it stands
and to whom it stares.

I would love to create just one opus
to contain all of my concepts
standing as a self symbol.

But no one can view it identically
from the same vantage point
or the same lighting.

If I can't standardize their experience
then how can I direct attention
and guarantee my impact?

Every patron will see a new sculpture
It will pose differently enough
to fit their perspective.

The sculpture will appear still
unchanging with time
as if eternal.

The fewer people watching my sculptures form, the fewer will doubt their reality.

That isolation is the price of living in the museum.