This sculpture is so important to me.

I always admire Dalí. Still in college, studying fine arts, I made a wire sculpture of one of his elephants—those with long, slender legs present in some of his works.

My mother loved this sculpture. It was in the living room. Until one day, a child at a party took to play and destroyed the sculpture. My mother got very sad.

After 22 years, I decided to make this sculpture depicting Dalí. In addition to being as surreal as his work, a portrait pays tribute to my mother. Who, as a neurosurgeon, spent much of her life taking care of people's brains, our most sensitive part, which, therefore, will be reproduced in glass or similar material, which better represents its fragility.

To stay there, leaning on the wave. That represents the power, the uncontrollable force of nature: Dalí's creative strength, my mother's strength, and the strength of each of us, human beings.

I hope more and more people, like those honored, choose to use this power for good.