The process of mold making and casting is one that requires precision. Precision and rigor has always been lacking in my practice, which is arguably why I approach art the way I do. The process itself overcame the entirety of the work and completely exhausted me, mentally and physically. This lethargy is activated in the process of treating the sculptures like trash, climbing on top of, and breaking them in order to expel that retained energy. This project's genesis has to do with my interest in different cultures images of the idealized human figure. Each culture has a different sense of their ideal, which can be noted in researching ancient Egyptian, African, Mediterranean, and South American cultures. The comparison of these idealistic figures has weight to teach us about our past as a human race, also how our present perceptions of cultures have come to be determined. Through the destruction of these idealized sculptures I created, I want to convey a sense of erasing the past in order to make way for a new discussion to be had. I want to signify an irrelevance towards all of these ideals, because a standard/stereotype has potential to be reductive for progressing society.