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The work demonstrates a will to bring the power of paranoia inside the sculpture itself, and allows Dalí to penetrate deeply into many facets of Time’s themes. The reality of Time is subjected to a paranoiac-critical method and changes through continuous metamorphoses, where a Nobilitation process is started which reveals new meanings and adds various dimensions to Time. The watch becomes deformed by following the shape of the trunk that it gently lies upon. It symbolizes Time, as a memory of the past, preserved by its roots, which cling to a huge stone, which provides the base of the sculpture. On the other hand, this stone suggests a different interpretation of the work, since it reveals the presence of life next to elements that are devoid of vitality, and the life-death contrast indissolubly unites the tree with the stone, where the one seems to take part in the metamorphosis of the other. If, in the first dimension, the tree appears to be lifeless, in a different reality it is possible to perceive rebirth among its branches, and the roots of the tree seem to breathe life not only into the new leaves, but even into the stone, which, through metamorphosis, becomes a vital element of the tree itself. Moreover, metamorphosis becomes the key to learning new and interesting meanings. If, in the real dimension, the crown of the watch is the part that allows you to change the time, the date and to wind the watch, in the Dalinian dimension, the royal crown symbolizes the Nobility of Time and its royalty, which identifies Time as a Superior entity, where mastery remains immutable and uncontrollable by man. The watch itself, the softness of which becomes synonymous with movement, goes beyond Time, and, following Plato’s “Myth of the Winged Chariot”, reaches a dimension of immortality. It thus becomes a source of movement for the other elements of the sculptural composition, and this metamorphic process culminates with the attainment of its appearance under a new form, both Noble and Eternal. The resulting effect once again unveils new meanings, and calls into question the powerful symbol of Time. The latter is seen, on the one hand, as a rational an natural element, dominated and organized in accordance with rules generated by man, and on the other hand, as an ethereal element, in continuous mutation and regeneration, directed from Above.

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