''CLIMB AS HIGH AS YOUR DREAMS''

''CLIMB AS HIGH AS YOUR DREAMS'' another bronze sculpture competition for a monument for The Wyoming Boys' School that I did not win. The school is a secure facility run by the state for troubled youths 12 years and older.I visited the school and was moved by these young boys being confined. I noticed they had a climbing wall next to the gymnasium and it gave me the idea for the sculpture I would enter.The overall abstract design of this sculpture is in the shape of a flame, which represents the desire that burns in man. Inside the rock crevice, a man, strong in mind and body with determination, struggles to pull himself up through a difficult passage in order to reach the top. He is alone,between a rock and a hard place, free climbing without the security of ropes. At this point in his life, his fate is literally in his own hands. He must trust in himself to climb higher, because only with self-discipline and belief will he be able to reach the top. Even though I did not win I still cast the sculpture because I believed in the message and I still do. cnavarroart.com