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RIZAL’S TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE OVER DEATH, a masonic inspiration of “Science, Virtue and Labor”

While having my lazy afternoon doing nothing, I happened to cross the extension of Festival Mall where interesting and newly constructed shops and restaurants are located. It is a long walk from the west side; nevertheless the lagoon in the middle reflects the water energy that engulfed my contemplation . Encompassing the driveway of the new Landmark Supermarket, a structure  in the middle section caught my attention. It is a sculpture of a nude female figure with two hands bearing the torch, and what surprise me, she is standing atop of a skull. My thought, this must be a work of art of a mystic or an enlightened human being who's familiar with the eastern philosophy. It took me three days surfing the internet, searching google who might be the architect or the sculptor the developer employed whose into ancient mystery studies and would like to share his knowledge to the profane. To my amazement, the statue is one of the two replicas of the clay sculpture ...