Accepting indefinite change is a freeing experience that leads to transformation and is in accordance with the laws of nature, denying change hinders the life cycle and ultimately leads to madness.-- This is the text incorporated in the portrait as a homage to Poe's poem 'the Raven'. It is my interpretation of how the male in the story can't let go of his lost love, projecting desperate hope/desire to be with one who is no longer, to a raven whose only feed back is 'nevermore'. This piece is part of a show at Modern Eden Gallery in December, whose theme is Edgar Allan Poe's 'the Raven'. It will be fun to see how others interpret the classic visually. enjoy