Memento mori, Latin for “remember that you will die,” used not as a morbid fixation but as a prompt to live with intention, made literal and given a surfboard. The surfer already knows this, and is exactly why they paddle out.
The sculpture sits on a hand-finished, oil-rubbed walnut base with a custom copper stand. A small copper nameplate on the stand displays the initials KPerrault and the year.