“Desiderio” refers to the original sculptor of this bust and the thought that literally passes through his head. The “thought” here is a souvenir replica of the Venus de Milo, an ironic reference to ideal beauty. A statue intersects a statue; a recognition that both are objects, physical things; objects of desire. This was executed from a plaster cast with the objective to replicate the qualities of the original sculpture. Plaster casts are rarely perfect and the copier is limited to the information present in the cast. The two bottom images are of the original work done by Desiderio da Settignano located in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, which I was able to view several years after making this sculpture.