My goal was to create a sculpture that captures the magical and wondrous qualities of Mary's story at the time of the Annunciation. As the figure of Mary appeared in the stone, I had wanted to show her flowing robes or dress. I left the stone with gracefull lines so that I could later carve the folds into the fabric. I at first thought her arms were like the wings of an angel. Later, Father Jack informed me that Mary is never depicted as an angel. Mary is in heaven. Angels do not have a body. He suggested that perhaps what was happening in my sculpture was that the Spirit who was visiting Mary was being revealed in the form of a white dove. Sometimes a dove will represent the spirit in cathedral paintings or in bible references. Unintentionally I depicted Mary with wings of a dove as she is joined with the Spirit.

I also told Father Callopy a story about the making of the sculpture. When I placed it on my workbench it seemed to high up to work on. When I put it on my woodblock,which is lower, it was too low and my back would get sore. It turned out that the best way for me to work on this sculpture was to put it on my block and just kneel on the floor. It was only after several hours of this that I saw the irony. It was as though I was praying to Mary.

Mary is seen with her body turning and reaching upward as this is a turning point for herself and for mankind. The gown of her outstretched hand is emblazoned with stars and the hand behind her holds an a vine as she is found between heaven and Earth. The inscription reads " My spirit rejoices in God my savior". My hope and prayer is that Father Jack will find this object to be a joyous symbol of my love and apprecition for showing me the wonder of our Gods tremendous love.