Surrender
Threshold
The moment of yielding. Becoming through release. Surrender in this table is the threshold state where resistance stops being the useful move, which is what separates it from defeat.
The word
From the Old French surrendre, to give over, from sur and rendre, ultimately the Latin reddere, to give back. It entered English as a term of law and siege: estates, fortresses and armies were surrendered long before selves were. The inward sense, yielding as a chosen act, is the newest layer on a very transactional word.
The feeling
The moment the effort of holding stops, and the surprise that follows: the fall you braced for does not come. Muscles unclench in an order you did not choose. Time, which effort had been chopping into tasks, runs smooth again. What remains is a strange increase, room where the resistance used to be.
Against its neighbours
Resignation stops caring about the outcome; surrender stops fighting it, and keeps caring. Relief arrives after the pressure passes; surrender is chosen while the pressure is still on, which is what makes it a threshold and not an aftermath.
In the work
A figure at the point of change and not past it. Posture that opens as it gives, without collapsing, and an edge that has begun to go.
18 works composed with Surrender
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CORE, 85 editions. Open the tier key.$350- Aw2
- Nt
- Sg
- Tm
- Sh
ARRIVAL - The Visitor
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CORE, 85 editions. Open the tier key.$350- Sg2
- Vd
- St
- Tm
- Mn
SURRENDER - The Interval of Becoming
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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- Tm2
- Ac
- Pr
- Sg
- Pt
This New State
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Sg2
- Dt
- Ig
- Hs
- Ws
Lord Knows
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$352SOLD- Sg2
- Hs
- Aw
- Wn
- Mn
Baptism
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$532SOLD- Nt2
- Sg
- Wn
- Cg
- Sh
Crossroads
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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.
$650SOLD- Nt2
- Sg
- Sl
- Su
- Mn
I Guess My Journey Ends Here
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$446SOLD- Lv2
- Aw
- Sg
- Eq
- Yb
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
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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.
$430SOLD- Lv2
- Ct
- Lo
- Sg
- Yb
I'll Protect You in Every Life
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$185SOLD- Sg2
- Cg
- Ig
- Ac
- Sh
I'm Reinventing Myself
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$185SOLD- Ig2
- Sg
- Hs
- Ac
- Sh
In My Glow
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$299SOLD- Pr2
- Sg
- Tm
ULTRAMARINE ✧
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
PRIVATESOLD- Sg2
- Ct
- Ns
- Mn
Pink+White
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SCARCE, 11 editions. Open the tier key.
PRIVATESOLD- Sg2
- Hs
- Wt
- Ab
Purgatory
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 6 works
- Tm Transcendence 6 works
- Pr Power 5 works
- Hs Hope 4 works
- Ig Fervour 4 works
- Mn Mono no Aware 4 works
The rest of the Liminal family
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