smith heavily uses metaphor, symbolism, news stories, historical narratives and his own experiences in the formal choices and spatial relationships of his sculptures to create his dense art environments. visitors weave around the pieces following his often life-sized dioramas and the literal path he has made for tours. besides his life experience, his motivation is to heal the world by educating people about black history through his work. the installation was constantly evolving and changing as smith built new work. "everything moves along extemporaneously as god moves me. he shows me how to do it, where to put it, and how to construct it." smith said.