My first reaction to this assignment was fairly quotidian in manner; the complete and utter emptiness of thought(not to mention the terrific horror that comes along with it), the denial in the form of procrastination, and, finally, the realization that you had it all figured out all along. Nonetheless, I was still quite trepidacious to chose my object in lieu of my ruminations of inadequacy concerning the probable formidable craftsmanship or somehow regal significance(yes this is how my mind works) of my classmates’ objects, but what secured my decision is in this cheap, horribly crafted, plastic sculpture was the realization that is was beautiful because of the significance it carried and the sodality of emotions between the parties involved, not because of the manifestation of some mysterious idea of Beauty(with the ideology of aesthetics put aside for now).

Enough of my sentiment. The figure stands 4cm off of the ground, having the length of about and inch. The back is of a pale orange dissipating gradually to a white underbelly, which is embossed with LION CHINA, and paws made flat to stand on a flat surface. The legs are parsed as if the lion where in stride. The voluptuous mane encircles the head having the hue of a distractedly hyperbolic orange; an orange that probably does not exist anywhere in nature(pardon my own hyperbolizing). The mane is streaked with minute indentations to signify neatly cropped tendrils of hair and the eyes are incongruously directed with small black dots, which makes you think there is probably something wrong with this lion upon viewing it. The snout is stubby leading to ill-formed nostrils and a slightly descending parabola indentation for a mouth. Two small commas rotated at 180 degrees make up the small lips. The mouth is closed, so there was no artistic endeavor to mold teeth. At the opposite end, extends a slender tail slopping downwards until it levels off with a clump resembling a snakes head.