In this painting,The Three Ages, Dali expresses the three stages in a persons life. From the order in which they appear from left to right they are Old Age, Adolescence and Infancy. Starting with Infancy, the depiction of the child doesn't seem to be totally cut out of the solid brick. This depicts the infants youth and fragileness. It appears as though out of the mountain side there is a sillouhette of what could be seen as a mother figure watching over the child. Moving to Adolescence, the portrait is composed of the face cut out of the solid stone, which represents the growing strength his mind. He is made up of eyes from a mountain and his nose, mouth and chin are made up of what looks like a maid. This represents the still slight vulnerability of the boy. He may have more of a stronger will then before but still need someone to watch out for him. Within Old Age, the man is cut out of completely solid brick. His mind is solid and cannot be changed. His face is composed of trees which represent wisdom.