The work was inspired by 'Prometheus Unbound' and the theme was concerned with images of change with the sculpture reflecting this idea in its fluid shape. The sculpture comprises five figures cast in bronze set on a circular slate plinth. The central figure is Shelley deep in creative thought. Either side the dancing, nymph-like female figures represent the poet's muse – as if they are rising out of the ground Shelley is kneeling on. Reference is also implied to the triangular relationships so prominent in the poet's romantic life. This was the artist's first public commission and he began preparatory work during a three-month residency at the Elan Valley Visitor Centre in 1986. The idea of celebrating famous writers connected with Powys by creating a series of sculptures about them or their work was first proposed by Ben Jones, a native of Powys.