The ReThink Collection began to take form slowly and without a specific intention to build a series of sculpture that commented on Human Rights or the actions of authoritarian governments. (1989 Emerging Continents, commenting on the Tiananmen Square Massacre). Nor did I ever think that the issue of Women’s Rights, (which inspired the sculptural work; The Burden – Glass Ceiling) would become a source of energy to build socio-political works. Yet, The Bench, provided an opportunity to present commentary on an historic injustice and thus I designed it to be supported by two males as caryatides, facing forward holding each end of the seat while a lone female figure supported the back of the platform, facing in the opposite direction.