Andy Coppola returned from Europe and showed Dennis a picture of a gold glitter piece which he had performed in the Kunstworld of Germany.
'It was inspiring. Finally, a glitzy enough medium that it could translate easily into interior design.'

Red, White, and Blue seemed appropriate.

So the struggle, rape, fall, pieta, emerged as a theme from deep within the recesses of A. Coppola's mind. Combined with Butler's different perspective on eroticism the project became a milestone.

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