The Worker: What posthumous fate lies in the unfinished work of an artist?

The Worker

Orphaned Icon 

by Sculptor Francisco "Boy" Peralta

"What  posthumous fate lies in the unfinished work of an artist?" - avrotor

Dr Abe V Rotor

                     The Worker 

The artist comes to rest, 

his works unfinished, 

his dreams unfulfilled; 

life, how short it is to the gifted,  

the future his present;

and who would look beyond

with him but prophets?

Or Markham who saw in beauty

injustice in The Man with a Hoe,

of Millet's romantic scenery?

There is no answer, the artist is dead;

he lives on with these unresolved;

time and events shall tell

as his masterpiece crumbles

to dust, to oblivion. 

San Vicente is famous for sculpture, producing important works that decorate many churches and homes today, here and abroad. The town is dubbed the Little Florence, and is acclaimed to be the counterpart of Paete in Laguna and Betis in Pampanga. This article is a tribute to the sculptors of the town, and to those whose memory we their townmates shall remain forever proud and grateful. ~