Gratitude
Earned Weight
Recognition of given-ness. A debt that warms where a debt should weigh. Gratitude requires an outside: something arrived that was not earned.
The word
Latin gratus, pleasing, through the medieval gratitudo. The same root gives grace and gratis: the family of words for the unearned gift. English took it up in the sixteenth century, and moral philosophers have argued ever since about whether it is a feeling or a duty.
The feeling
A warmth with a direction: it points at someone. The chest loosens, and something that could have registered as debt registers instead as being held. It sharpens attention to the particular: this gift, this timing, this person. Left alone it wants expression; unexpressed gratitude has a faint ache to it.
Against its neighbours
Relief is thanks that something ended; gratitude is thanks that something arrived. Admiration looks up at excellence from a distance; gratitude has been personally reached by it.
In the work
Light that clearly comes from somewhere. The source is off-frame and the figure is turned toward it.
5 works composed with Gratitude
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Dt2
- Hs
- Tm
- Gt
- Ws
Let the Embers Speak My Name, and Not in Vain
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- St2
- Gt
- Wn
- Pc
- Mn
For a Moment the Waters Stood Still
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$236SOLD- Eq2
- Pc
- Sf
- Gt
- Pt
I'M EXACTLY WHERE I NEED TO BE
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SCARCE, 10 editions. Open the tier key.
$130SOLD- Gt2
- Aw2
- Hs
- Ws
I've Seen What the Lord Has Done for Others
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ARCHIVAL, 5 editions. Open the tier key.
PRIVATESOLD- Hs2
- Gt
- Pc
- Pt
PRESENCE OF A LEADER
How big, actually.
Drawn to scale against a person of average height. Every size is a 4:5 rectangle, the same proportion as the work itself, so nothing is cropped to fit.
Sizes are the printed image. Framed works add the moulding around that. Standard US shipping is free at every size.
Paper, or canvas.
Same image, same inks. What changes is the surface it is printed on. Tap either one.
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PRINT
Hahnemühle Photo Rag
The paper itself. A heavy 100% cotton matte sheet with a smooth surface, printed edge to edge with no border. Ships flat, or rolled in a tube at large sizes.
- Every size, up to 40 × 50
- You pick the frame
- Just paper and ink
- Needs framing to hang
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CANVAS
Satin poly-cotton, gallery wrap
Printed on canvas, then stretched by hand over solid wood. The image continues around the sides, so there is no border and no glass.
- Hang it the day it lands
- No glass, no glazing
- Real depth off the wall
- Up to 36 × 45
Series 001 numbers are shared across every size and material, and the certificate records exactly which object you own. Open editions carry no number and no certificate.
Framed, or not.
One frame, satin black, solid wood. We pick the moulding that suits the size and the material, so it arrives ready to hang. Tap either one.
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NONE
The work, as it is
A paper print ships flat or rolled and you frame it your way. A canvas needs nothing: it is stretched, wired and ready for the wall the day it lands.
- The lightest to ship
- Your framer, your call
- Canvas hangs as it is
- Every size
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BLACK
Solid wood, chosen for the size
Sealed, hung with hardware fitted, nothing left to arrange. Paper sits behind acrylic; canvas floats inside the moulding with no glass at all.
- STANDARD BLACK ⅞ in face · ¾ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 8 × 12 and 12 × 18
- ALTO BLACK THIN 1⅜ in face · ⁹⁄₁₆ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 16 × 24 and up
- BLACK 2 FLOAT ⅜ in face · 2 in deep · ¼ in reveal · no glass Canvas, every framed size
Framed work ships boxed with the hardware fitted. The largest sizes are sold unframed, because a frame that size can only travel by freight.
The list hears first.
Composed with
- Hs Hope 3 works
- Pc Peace 3 works
- Pt Presence 2 works
- Ws Wonder-Sacred 2 works
- Aw Awe 1 work
- Dt Devotion 1 work
The rest of the Rising family
Where Gratitude sits Gt · RISING FAMILY
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