“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” -William Blake

Popular opinion declares Stairway to Heaven the greatest rock song of all time, though the meaning of the song's lyrics are far less agreed-upon. The following interpretation seeks common ground beneath this contradiction, identifying humankind's evolution of consciousness as this ballad's subject of shared appeal. The lyrics resonate with our deep-rooted desires to transcend the material world and return to the spiritual experience of oneness.

The world's most renowned medical center is the befitting host of Mestrovic's Man and Freedom, a twenty-eight foot, three-ton bronze sculpture symbolizing the wonders, hopes and aspirations of the human condition.

From Mayo Clinic's placard for Man and Freedom: