The Dreamer?

We've all seen this figure many times before in our life. It's one of the most familiar sights in human art, and we've all seen all of his body. But his face is a little hard to come by. It's really the best part. Rodin probably fought with devils in his own mind, you can see that in all his works. As you look into the face of the "Thinker" you wonder if this a view into the artist's soul?

Rodin himself wrote about this work. He did not think of the sculpture as representing a "thinker". The figure was to be a representative of Danté sitting before the gates of Hell, not thinking but reviewing in his own mind his writing. Danté was a writer and writers don't "think", they "dream". Rodin then, in the act of creating a "dreamer" out of a mere "thinker", accidentally created a "dreamer" and engaged in the act of - "creation". Scary? Neat!