If you've ever started something and gone on a rollercoaster ride of misconceptions as that venture took turns you never imagined, then you can understand the journey of this piece. It started out as something completely different in my mind. Hands molded it into something more alien. Its been repainted four times. Given an acetone wash just to see what would happen. A base was suggested. All the while the idea of what it is, the story of him, has changed tremendously. But that's just about what he means to me, and that's my personal connection. How he appears to you is what matters and I'd never want to take away any feeling that someone experiences when looking at art by tainting it with an unasked for viewpoint. So I implore you to make your own decisions.