A small figure stands arms outstretched above a globe, viewed from behind, a ring of continuous script encircling the head like a halo made of language. From above, symbols descend through the black field: rings, crosses, zigzag marks, vessel shapes, small glyphs falling at different velocities toward the figure below.
The child inherits everything at once. The globe underfoot is not conquest but weight, and the symbols raining down are not gifts so much as inheritance , the accumulated signs, tools, and contradictions of a world handed to someone who has not yet turned around to face it. Earth below, ether above, and in between a figure whose posture is open rather than braced.
Rendered in gold leaf on paper, the luminous linework holds against the black ground with quiet authority. One-of-a-kind original. 18 × 24 × 1.5 inches.
A work
