the world is out there

mixed media collage on cradled birch wood panel

14 x 14 x 1.75 inches

drawing, painting, writing, pencil, crayon, ink, acrylic, wax, collage, type, found pieces, found paper, wax emulsion, wash, gel, varnish

the title is from a quotation ...

The world is out there, but descriptions of the world are not.
— Richard Rorty

Rorty rejected the long-held idea that correct internal representations of objects in the outside world are a necessary prerequisite for knowledge.

a painting about identity and meaning

this artwork is sealed and finished with varnish

a piece alive with texture, colour and movement

durable — can be freely handled

three more quotes come to mind …

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.
— Joseph Campbell

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
— Charles Spurgeon

I am rare, and there is value in all rarity; therefore, I am valuable.
— Og Mandino

ready to hang (there is a wire hanger applied in back)

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