To sparkle or radiate like the surface of a stream or a Hollywood starlet. I chose the latter. I developed several starlet portraits using black-and-white photos found online and reworked them in Photoshop, adding color and contour. Using plywood, I cut and painted the asymmetric background bursts of light. I wanted the bursts to appear animated, not static. It took me a while to get each shape to look spontaneous and unbalanced, yet have both working together to create a full background. Marilyn Monroe was always at the center, but once she was in place, none of the others seemed necessary. The large, red, plastic “S” was found online and purchased with several other movie marque letters. It seemed kismet to combine Marilyn with a bigger-than-life movie marque letter.