Numinous
The Trembling
A WORD ENGLISH NEVER MADE · READ THE CUSTOMS HOUSEFrom the Latin numen. The feeling in the presence of something vastly greater. Fear and attraction at once, the response to holiness that predates any religion.
The word
Coined from the Latin numen, the nod of a divine will, by the theologian Rudolf Otto in 1917. He needed a word for the raw experience underneath every religion: the mystery that makes you tremble and will not let you leave.
The feeling
The sense of being in the presence of something wholly other. Skin prickles, voice drops, the room feels occupied. Fear and attraction run together: you want to hide and you want to stay. It does not require belief. It happens in cathedrals, at sea, and in front of certain images.
Against its neighbours
Awe scales with size and power and can stay secular. The numinous adds otherness: the thing is not just vast, it is not like you. Wonder leans in with questions; the numinous ends them.
In the work
What makes a piece feel witnessed. Where it is present, the viewer is not the only one in the room.
13 works composed with Numinous
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CORE, 85 editions. Open the tier key.$350- Su2
- Nt
- Dr
- Cg
- Nm
OBSERVATION - The Audience of My Decisions
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SCARCE, 10 editions. Open the tier key.$350- Ig2
- Tm
- Sg
- Pr
- Nm
IGNITION - Light Me Up
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Rn2
- Lo
- Sg
- Aw
- Nm
Reached Through Ruin, and the Sky Remembered
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Ac2
- Hs
- Aw
- Rn
- Nm
Closer To Paradise
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Lv2
- Gl
- An
- Gr
- Nm
The Burning Revelation
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Pc2
- Tm
- Ig
- Rt
- Nm
The Truth Is So Clear
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$519SOLD- Tm2
- Pr
- Aw
- Sg
- Nm
PURVEYOR OF MY OWN FATE
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$372SOLD- Pr2
- Tm
- Wn
- Hs
- Nm
I Can See How This Ends
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$373SOLD- Aw2
- Cg
- Pr
- Sg
- Nm
BORN CHOSEN
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$171SOLD- Tm2
- Aw
- Lv
- Pr
- Nm
Precursor
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$941SOLD- Ac2
- Rn
- Aw
- Wn
- Nm
After Death, the Gods Rise to Create the World Again
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$680SOLD- Aw2
- Tm
- Wn
- Nm
The Beginning of the Universe
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ARCHIVAL, 2 editions. Open the tier key.
PRIVATESOLD- Ct2
- Hs2
- Ax
- Nm
Prayers by the Healing Altar
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
- Aw Awe 7 works
- Tm Transcendence 6 works
- Pr Power 5 works
- Sg Surrender 4 works
- Hs Hope 3 works
- Rn Ruin 3 works
The rest of the Rare-Liminal family
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