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THIS WORK WAS INSPIRED BY A FUSION OF ELEMENTS BASED ON THE SENSUAL PASSIONS EVOKED IN THE MUSIC OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA AND THE EROS & PSYCHE MYTH.....THAT CONVERGE WITHIN THE ARGENTINE TANGO.
THE WORK EXPLORES EXPRESSIONS OF THE INTENSITY AND HARMONY FOUND IN THE DANCE OF TANGO. THE EROS/PSYCHE ALLERGORY IS FURTHER SUGGESTED BY THE TATTOO SYMBOLISM THAT PERTAINS TO THE MYTH. THE BUTTERFLY AT THE BASE OF PSYCHE'S LOWER BACK, REFERS TO PSYCHE AS DOES THE CHINESE KANJI ALONG HER THE RIGHT ARM. HER OTHER ARM BEARS THE LATIN NAME OF HER LOVER 'EROS' WITH THAT OF THE YIN/YANG SIGN, ALLUDING TO THE ONENESS OF THEIR EROTIC FUSION, PHYSICAL YET STELLAR.
'EROS' WITH WNGS SPREAD OUT SUGGEST'S 'ECSTATIC FLIGHT', HIS EMBRACE ASSURED AND SOLID IN SUPPORT, HIS 'LOVE ARROW' CLEARLY DEFINED ON HIS FOREARM AND THE TATTOO OF THE HEART ON THE SHOULDER OFFERS THE DECLARATION OF THIS CELESTIAL TANGO......THE IMAGE A PROFOUND MANIFESTATION OF PIAZZOLLA'S 'MILONGA DEL ANGEL'....A TANGO FOR 'ANGELS'.