From the Author: As the volume's title suggests, my recurring motif is "the wall." It reflects the confrontation between dreams and reality, between individual and institution. It also depicts my sense of estrangement following my immigration from Poland to the US in 1988. Finally, it echoes my struggle with the idea of God against the experience of religion and world's theodicy. Probing the wall's nature, I gradually come to realization that the wall is part of human nature. Ultimately, I always strive to affirm life—to reach beyond the wall.