When He Died, His Wife Commissioned This to Show her Love
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November 19th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Beautiful everlasting Love
November 19th, 2007 at 7:40 am
Thats really sad, is it real? Poor woman must to be heartbroken to go to that extreme.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:47 am
intension was great but not the way she applied it! a treat for any one other than her husband!
November 19th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Incredible
November 19th, 2007 at 9:20 am
That is something I would do. I wonder if that is really her body or how she would like us all to think her body looks like. But it is very neat anyhow…
November 19th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Wow, this is so beautiful and incredibly sad.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:46 am
BEAUTIFUL I love this so tasteful I would definately want one for my own when my time comes.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:56 am
I’d tap that
November 19th, 2007 at 10:07 am
very nice love, this is a great great love of all! i promise little people can do this kind of love
November 19th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
There are so many emotions that arise from this. She obviously died with him. What an amazing gesture.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
this is one of the most unique, devoted & beautiful things I have ever seen!
November 19th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
THIS IS SO COOL! THATS BEAUTIFUL.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
This is beautiful. I want something of this nature done for me when I die. What an amazing work.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
so… what? what the fuck is this shit? If she loved him then that wouldn’t be stone, that would be her, so instead she paid more money on his tombstone than the people beside him. YEAH SHE LOVES HIM RIGHT, SHE OBVIOUSLY DOES, SHE PUT A NAKED FEMALE STONE MODEL ABOVE HIM, DAMN WAY TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU FUCKING LOVE HIM, how did you get this done? Did you have Scion do it? Fucking stupid shit on this web page. If i found this I’d urinate on it. I bet people wank on it, way to show your love, you stupid fucking bitch, i hope he sleeps well covered in semen and piss all over his tombstone.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Stoned again eh? Petrified by the brilliance. Nice work.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Very nice gesture. Good to see some love going around.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
its beautiful….absolutely beautiful…..im tearing up and its just artwork….i never do that
i wish i could find someone like that
November 20th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Certainly different. Its a shame the guy is never gonna be able too see it. To be honest I think its a waste of money, but then most romantic stuff I tend to be blind on. But she cant be romantic with him anyway, hes dead. Ahhhhhhhhh I dont get it. Maybe she just wanted too show her figure or something? But I guess only she knows. I hope shes trying to show her love too a dead guy rather than plain old vanity.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
That’s amazing….love it!
November 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
thats hot
November 20th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
This is cool …To bad the guy didn’t get to see it
November 20th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Real Cool
November 20th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
It truly is a work of art. Loved it.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
thats amazing, i would want to do something like that..
November 21st, 2007 at 8:18 am
verry cooooooooooooool
November 21st, 2007 at 8:42 am
NOW THAT’S LOVE!!
November 21st, 2007 at 8:48 am
Positively moving…
November 21st, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Very cool
November 21st, 2007 at 3:14 pm
She was actually thinking of the fun times she will have with me now that the old spunker is out of the way!!!!
November 21st, 2007 at 4:22 pm
she looks cold and this makes me sad.
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:58 am
That is just awesome.
November 22nd, 2007 at 5:15 am
it’s incredible and shows how much her wife loved him, but I would be terribly upsed if I had a relative buried near that “thing”
I don’t know why but…
November 22nd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Beautiful.
November 22nd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
She must have loved her husband beyond all reason and comprehension. That’s amazingly beautiful and heartbreaking. I am almost speechless.
That old saying “It’s better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all” comes to mind”
After seeing this, is that true?
Really, really true?
Is the heartbreak at the end worth it?
Is there ever *really* an end?
It makes one long desperately for that depth of love…and to be terrified of it at the same time..
Overall, it’s the most devastatingly beautiful thing I’ve seen in a long time
November 22nd, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Dear D-
http://www.users.bigpond.com/SCHIP/asleep.htm
Don’t assume. You’ll make an ass out of yourself.
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
top bit of stone work… nice gesture… @d, damn u are seriously angry at life… keep the stress levels up like that and it wont be long till ur in ur grave. the only people visiting ur grave would be to take a quick piss and the gardener blowing leaves…
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Sorry, but what? This is clearly just both an advertisement for her conceit and superficial nature. If she genuinely loved him so much, the figure wouldn’t be made of stone, and why the fuck would it be naked? The only sentiment behind this is ‘I fancy showing people how dedicated a wife I was, and how much money I have’.
Silly bitch.
November 22nd, 2007 at 7:09 pm
D is for dumbass.
and lets just hope when you die i piss on your gravestone, as small and shitty as it may be.
anyway, whatever, its pretty good, a bit of a waste of money, but quite effective.
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 pm
i bet someone is gonna rape it soon
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
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November 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
I want me under my blankets with morning wood in stone when i die.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:56 am
@d
The door is that (<-) way. Thanks for stopping by.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:47 am
she should have shown him this when he was sill alive but thats how it goes you will always be shown how much you were
loved after you have gone never when you are still around
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:40 am
She has a really massive big toe in the last pic.
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:01 am
I want to experience that feeling just once before I die
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:00 am
d: You’re fucking clueless. Really… you’re a total and complete idiot. Congratulations, you waste of skin. I hope you enjoy what is sure to be a pathetic life devoid of all human emotion. Jerkoff. Perhaps if you’d ever felt love for someone else you’d “get it”. Instead, you come off like a 12 year old (and a stupid one, at that). Time to grow up.
As for people who are saying “It’s a shame he didn’t get to see it”… it is… but it wasn’t done for him. It was done for her as a part of the grieving process. She wanted a “part” of her (her image) to be with him… it’s her heart there… that’s where she is, in her mind, all the time now.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:41 am
Qui sefalet ukimua resergana shetuimi, kofilatu qua joiko.
She will rest with him for an eternity, that’s true love.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 pm
this is nice
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
that statue is pretty cool. i would want something like that.
or maybe the two skeletons hugging….
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/taru_chan/skeletins2.jpg
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Heartbreakingly sad, but expressed in a beautiful way
November 24th, 2007 at 2:55 am
it’s called irony, he can only fuck up!
November 24th, 2007 at 2:56 am
In case you didn’t get the previous msg cos of the language, it’s irony, he can only screw up!
November 24th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Now thats what I call very well executed 3d imagery.
November 24th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
This is a beautifully allegorical monument. I think it is outstanding.
November 24th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
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November 24th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
She’s HOT! (for cold marble..)
Wonder if she’s lonely?
November 24th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
It looks too hot… But unfortunately the husband wont enjoy it…. others will enjoy
November 25th, 2007 at 4:35 am
I thought it was touching.
D, bitter much? I’m guessing someone dumped your ass recently. But dont worry. I’m sure with an attractive attitude like that, you’ll be picking up the ladies in no time. The kind you have to pay for, anyway.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Reply to d: that is a piece of art. You miserable idiot.
November 25th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
She was that way when he was alive.
November 25th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
’nuff said. that’s a really sweet thing to do
November 25th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
sooooo, I’m the only one that thinks that’s kinda creepy huh?….. hmmm, ok
November 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
This is an amazing monument! Just beautiful!
November 25th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
This looked so lifelike, I thought it was a web hoax. However it is true, as explained on the sculptor’s website ( http://www.users.bigpond.com/SCHIP/asleep.htm ). It was commissioned in 1987 and is in Mt Macedon Cemetery, Mt Macedon, Victoria, Australia (NW of Melbourne). A wonderful tribute.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Very Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 26th, 2007 at 10:31 am
This is so sad. She obviously wanted to show how much she was dedicated to him and the nakedness was just meant to intensify her stark love for him, devoid of all distractions; just her grief.
Makes me wonder what will happen if/when the grief starts to fade, though…
November 26th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Not condeming it, just suprised they allowed it ! Cheers
November 26th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Two things to say.
1) this is a really beautiful piece of art,it really moved me, he was a lucky guy.
2) To you freaks who can only make snide comments or sexual jokes get a freakin life.
November 26th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Ms Matheson, thank you. Keep Aurence’s memory alive. Speak of him whenever you have the opportunity and he will always be there, alive. Cheers
November 27th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I think the “stone” lady is, in fact very much alive!! It’s just a kid on. Honest!
November 27th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
I’ll bet homeless men try to fuck that at night…
November 27th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I’d tap that.
WITH A CHISEL MAYBE ROFL.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
shock-rock
simple!
November 27th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
This piece is beautiful. It reminds me of the ancient Indian ritual of a wife throwing herself onto the body of her dead husband allowing them to burn on the pyre together. The idea of being unable to continue in life without your partner and willingly dying with them is a tragic but very romantic gesture, though it seems Romeo and Juliet fully explored that option. Conveying this idea through stone, which is a permanent fixture, only emphasizes her everlasting love for her husband.
November 28th, 2007 at 12:20 am
we start from dust and return to dust, she died with him and if u look close, her head has started to “melt” back into the headstone, maybe she too is decaying with time
November 28th, 2007 at 1:51 am
hello my name is barry and your a fat cunt go eat shit do you like my name??? HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
November 28th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Why with the negativity? Would you seriously piss on someones grave? Yes, I agree, waste of money, but damn, what a way to show your affection. But seriously “D”, get a life, go outside, and lay off the computer for a while. Disrespectful piece of shit.
November 28th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
so whoever “d” (above) is…………….you must never have been loved or loved anyone. there are no rules or boundaries to love or how you show it. just becasue this women has more money than you and is by far more creative than you ever thought to be doesn’t mean you need to express your awful opinion and degrade ones love for another. i hope next time you see something as wonderful as this women’s lost love, you keep your FUCKING, IGNORANT, WASTED, NAIVE, SHITTY MOUTH, AND MIND SHUT!!!!!!!!! secretly i hope you are not as big of an asshole as you showed on here but i do wish that someone soon spits in your food.
to the women who made this, thank you for showing undying love that obviously some will never learn to know.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Well to each her own. but for god’s sake, how tacky! Did her dignity die with him? Yes, chickie you loved him. Obviously a lot. But c’mon, you are woman, let’s hear a roar! Grieve, then get up and get on with your life, dont let your raison d’etre hinge on someone else!
You’re going to honour his memory much better by moving on and creating new happiness than you are by dying with him, even as metaphor.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Even though there isn’t a way for him to see it, it’s kind of like a memorial to their love. Notice all the “fingernail scratches” on it, like she doesn’t want him to leave. She indeed died with him.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
so… what? what the fuck is this shit? If she loved him then that wouldn’t be stone, that would be her, so instead she paid more money on his tombstone than the people beside him. YEAH SHE LOVES HIM RIGHT, SHE OBVIOUSLY DOES, SHE PUT A NAKED FEMALE STONE MODEL ABOVE HIM, DAMN WAY TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU FUCKING LOVE HIM, how did you get this done? Did you have Scion do it? Fucking stupid shit on this web page. If i found this I’d urinate on it. I bet people wank on it, way to show your love, you stupid fucking bitch, i hope he sleeps well covered in semen and piss all over his tombstone.
Hahaha this guys is so funny. sounds like someone got burned.
December 1st, 2007 at 8:29 am
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December 1st, 2007 at 2:28 pm
d>>>(so… what? what the)…..your an asshole….your life is soo empty..you have a stinking awfull personnality…This is a beautifull stone carving
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:43 pm
thats a hot wife
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Beautiful…remembering the good times as she waited for him to come to bed for…..?
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Beautiful…remembering the good timesas she waited for him to come to bed for…?
December 4th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
I think it’s amazing………..how far the imagination can stretch…………….very unique…………..beautiful
December 4th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Wow, just.. wow. When my lover dies im going to do this… but im a guy and will have clothes chiseled on =)
December 5th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Oh to be so in love!
December 5th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
This is sad, perhaps poignant, but also pointless. Its like so much of today. Its about surface, its about appearance, its about a visible demonstration of what should remain private. Such an overt demonstration of grief or “love’ is not about her dead husband its about her. Its all for show. Its cheap its tacky its public its vulgar at the very best its tasteless.
December 6th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
So, to show how much she loved him, she had some dude stare at her naked for hours on end so he could carve it in stone - and then put it in the middle of a sacred place like a graveyard for all the world to see?
December 7th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
This is so symbolic, and such a selfless act of love. She wanted to show the world how much he meant to her, as he obviously felt the same. Doubtful she was the model, and I don’t think it is tacky or vulgar. To express love in today’s world is just what we all need. Perhaps if more would feel this way, and demonstrated it, and act with more kindness to others, our world wouldn’t be so much the shite mess it is in.
December 8th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
If you take the time to look at this picture and read the thoughts under it, you will realize that the carving is not her, its modeled after another one the sculptor did of his wife. AND the man who died was a friend of the sculptor.
It’s a work of art to honor someone. Better then some sad looking angel.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
wow ever one is getting so fired up about this, i mean ok it was cool to look at it weather u like it or not u saw it had your thoughts about it and move on
December 9th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
This is not at all about the departed. This is about her. It says “look at me naked in the middle of this graveyard.” It says “I am going to make sure everyone knows what he is missing.” Love, “what do ya all know about love.” I don’t care to visit a cemetary and look at tits and ass all over the place. Besides what if a 300 pound porker or a tiny weenie man wanted to leave their memories in marble. What then?
December 10th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Having read all of the comments, some poignient and others vile, none of your opinions really matter. The woman who commissioned the work acted in grief and sorrow though a horrific time in her life. For those of you who judged her, who are you to judge? Have you lived in her shoes? Her actions were those of a desperate woman in pain trying to gain control and sanity where she had none. I’m certain her actions were a stepping stone to move on with her life.
December 10th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Good evening one & all…..so many have said how sad it is that the guy didn’t get to see this “Tribute” to him,
however…if we “mortal souls” can come back from the the dead in some form,…..that would be nice to see at your Grave Site..
December 10th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
beautiful. although it makes me kind of sad to think that love like that is very uncommon nowadays. obviously her husband was her heart and thats such a rare and beautiful thing.
December 11th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
How beautiful…. I love how she looks cold. I bet when it rains and water is running over the piece it looks even more beautiful. The emotions that the piece conveys are amazing. If my love died this is exactly how I would feel. What an amazing show of emotion and love.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Here’s to D and his poor nasty mouth. You know ‘d’ if you can’t say something nice, then at least be respectful. Nobody cares how much you hate the world other than yourself. I think you do these kind of posts so someone will write about how negative you really are. You feel safe behind your computer so go to some negative site and spill your swill. Have a rotten day.
The statue is beautiful and very creative. I hope he knew how much she loved him when he was alive. I wish I had known this kind of love in my life. I am glad that she had that. Ho Ho everyone!
December 13th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
This is very beautiful, simple as that.
As for everyone out there analyzing the reason for the woman deciding to do this… Why do you care? You don’t know the people, what they shared, how they were…
You have no idea of her motivations behind this gesture.
But of course, what would the internet be without immaturity and children hmm?
On a side-note to those going on about “omg vulgar naked…” Did you even look at the pictures? Nothing “vulgar” is showing, hell, they show more then that it cartoons now-an-days.
December 13th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
What a tribute to her love, and left for the world to see. Hauntingly beautiful.
December 15th, 2007 at 10:43 am
i find it disturbing. having said that i’m not offended by “nude stones” in the least way. but something is not quite in balance… something is too much. maybe because it should be *his* grave, not hers - she’s putting her love for him over his life and death. that kind of strips him of everything he was apart from being her love.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
As many have said this is simply beautiful.
A testament of undying love….My God, the anguish she must have felt….
To hear Paula talk she drives a honda,lives in a trailer and wears consignment clothing…Please Paula hypocrisy is not attractive.
December 15th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
How beautiful.
December 15th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
I’d tap that — with a chisel.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:33 am
That’s true love which everyone seeks for…..this is quite beautiful n sweet one thanx for sharing it
jasmine
tech-chek.blogspot.com
December 17th, 2007 at 6:42 am
Wonderful! Shows the world what a lucky guy he was in life!
December 25th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
it’s great that from d’s hate stems more hate.
December 29th, 2007 at 3:54 am
I cried when I saw the magnitude of her love. I wonder if Lawrence had any idea how blessed he was, that he was the richest man in the world.
Fuck the Taj Mahal, this shit took my breath away. This is how I like to think Gods love looks. Beautiful…………………….
December 29th, 2007 at 4:36 am
Im crying at this image on my screen, I never do that. I wonder if Larry had any idea how supremely blessed he was. I wonder if he comprehended that he was the richest man down under. The Taj Mahal, the pyramids, the eternal fire at Arlington were all attempts to express grief through art, sincere gestures all, they pale in comparison. This is by far the most moving piece of art I have ever seen. The fingernail scratch marks are chilling. Beautiful. Ms. Anderson I can’t tell you how my heart goes out to you, I lost my son two years ago and this is how I have felt since the day he died. I know how it feels to be a dead man walking.
December 31st, 2007 at 4:03 pm
After reading all the comments and reading the cheap and unthinkable comments by those who just think about this sculpture in a sexual nature or to the mindless twit d go and read the story about the sculture. This sculpture is about a man’s love of art and sculpture and a wife that understood that love of art and was able to express her grief in a way she knew her husband would appreciate. Its not about the money, I’m sure if you had plenty you would do useless things with it. As you were able to freely express your opinion, even though it would have been better kept to yourself, so she is also free to express herself freely without persecution from people like you who dont bother to take the time to understand or even get the true facts. Its s shame you cant get your head out of the sand and really appreciate life.
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
anne: If you think that anyone would go perved over something like this, then you have the reason of it all wrong. To everyone who continues to down the piece, it’s not the piece it’s self but where it’s placed. The meaning of the piece will be apparent when the place it is in is meant for it.
The first thing I thought was everlasting love, not “Hot damn lets wack off to it!”
It may not be the typical grave piece, but it is unique and I think the artist did a very good job.
January 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
i cried when i saw this. i understand how she must feel. if i lose my husband i would die too…
January 26th, 2008 at 10:04 am
That’s so precious. I’d really like to do something like that for my wife; and real soon!