“ The old man was dreaming of lions”

Old Man and the Sea

The lion symbolizes youth, strength, happiness and hope for the old man. The significance of the book ending with a fianl reference to the dream about lions is that it shows the old man, although battered and beaten to the point of death by his encounter on the sea, he still retains his ability to hope and dream.

Bench seat. Literature inspired hand-illustrated, painted, splattered and scraped, capped steel tube with burnt wood cradle 18” x 8” x 17”