Shorthand, a system of transcribing spoken language via rapid handwriting inspired this series of 3-D metal sculptures. These have allowed me to give selected words my spatial interpretations between the lengths and curves which define each shorthand, thus activating a gesture in space, a relationship with gravity, and volume. These sculptures carry the essence of shorthand while introducing this writing system to countless dynamic perspectives. 'Absent in a Spiral' carries the metal interpretation of the shorthand symbol of “Absent", while the word is being balanced, and held by coral stone, mahogany wood, and a metal spiral plate – materials and symbols chosen in this exhibit to represent the foundation of colonial architecture of the Greater Antilles.