A broken metal surfboard doubles as a shattered mirror. The board's design is based on The Silver Surfer, a space-faring superhero created in the late 1960's whose philosophical pulp narrative hinges on fantasies of omnipotence, indestructibility, and the romantic impulse to encompass the universe. The Silver Surfer wields the "Power Cosmic and his board permits travel through time, space, and hyperspace without expending any of his own energy.



The Silver Surfer, 1968, by artist John Buscema



Detail, artist's studio