In These Tides Hide Times and Lost Lives, David Alexander Flinn employs symbolism and metaphor to explore a number of complex themes. Embodying part of a shipwreck, a 15-foot mast, installed as if washed ashore on a desert island, refers to lost nostalgic notions of pride and desperation. Throughout the work, concepts of religion, ignorance and dependency are examined as the artist speculates upon our beliefs and our place in the universe.