We have to learn how to believe in one's self. At the time I made this sculpture, I didn't feel that I was worthy of having my work displayed at the Olympics, thinking that the five rings of the Olympics were greater than I was. I gathered all the rings from around me (radio dials, washers, bracelets, filters for lawn mowers, carburetor and muffler and water pump gaskets, a drum ring, and others) and that showed me that I had the ability to see the rings, and the rings around me were even more powerful and more important and helpful than any Olympics ring. LH