Bronze, 185cms

    The Split Man (‘Man’ here meaning ‘human’) sculpture represents the mental state of the dysfunctional human (here represented as a 30 year old). He/she is in bits (i.e. fragmented, and feeling unreal, consequently experiencing the ‘Dark Night of the Soul’) because he/she can’t discover his/her true self, and, by failing to apply that true self, achieve self-realization, and enjoy the awesome joy (i.e. of enlightenment) that results from the ungraspable wonder of self (and Self)-realization.

The Split Man wants to die, in fact, needs to die. He/she wants/needs to return to his/her original state in order to recover (hence discover, hence awaken to) his/her essential self, thereafter to build (i.e. invent) a new, wholly different person around that essential self (Self). That new person then experiences his/herself as true, true because real, because, being different, he/she can touch others and be touched by them.

   
    The Split Man has not discovered his/her creative thrust, hence is depicted without a penis; and it’s killing him/her. If and when the Split Man discovers his/her creative thrust, then the penis descends, and true creative interaction begins, in the process making the true self (indeed, Self) real, and thereby revealing it.

    The Split Man and the Dying Ferryman are both disconnected, hence dying. However, the Split Man wants to live but can't, because he can't get his act together (i.e. his penis (i.e. his creative thrust) has not descended). And the Dying Ferryman is disconnected because he is sacrificing his life to sameness (i.e. because he has voluntarily retracted his penis).