Philip realised that the messages he was trying to portray might not always be understood. People, seeing his creations, might interpret them differently. Such indeed was the case with one he first called "Last Gasp".

The twisted metal of the body, the hole in the centre where the heart should have been, the mouth wide open in one last gasp, seemed to him to interpret the feelings of someone who had lost hope.

At the time he started making it, it did not come up to his expectations and so was left in a corner of his workshop. About a year later he came across it and completed it. His mother and others of the family saw it as something very different - as a dancing figure, full of happiness and the joys of living. After some discussions, Philip decided he would change the title to: 'Joie De Vivre.'

It would seem probable that it had been conceived at a time when he was at a low ebb and was giving expression to his feelings. It was paradoxical therefore, that those close to him should see it in just the opposite way.