 While Bacon assaults the viewer with the visceral jolt of seeing the human image flayed like a side of beef, Klabunde confronts us with the culture shock of a spiritual tradition far different from our own.By 2002, Klabunde had moved from inner demons and internal fantasies toward a new affirmation of life.This was a natural consequence of his move away from nihilism and existentialism, toward spiritual transcendence.