Transcendence
Transmission
Passing beyond the body. Spiritual escape velocity, the point at which the self stops being the unit of measurement. Transcendence leaves; ascendance climbs.
The word
From the Latin transcendere, to climb across, from trans and scandere. Medieval philosophers used it for what lies past every category; Kant made the crossing a limit of the mind itself, and the American Transcendentalists made it a practice. The climbing is still in the word: a passing over, never a state.
The feeling
The self stops being the unit of measurement. Concerns that were structural a moment ago, name, standing, outcome, read as small and slightly absurd. The body is not lost, as in ecstasy, but left behind like a coat on a chair, retrievable. What is felt is scale: continuity with something that does not end where you do.
Against its neighbours
Ascendance climbs and remains the climber; transcendence crosses a line past which the climber stops being the point. Ecstasy removes the self all at once and without direction; transcendence leaves by a route, and can find its way back.
In the work
Vertical release. The figure dissolving upward or outward, losing edge in the direction of travel while the ground stays intact.
13 works composed with Transcendence
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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- Tm2
- Ac
- Aw
- Rn
- Ws
The Culmination
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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- 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- 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.
$171SOLD- Tm2
- Aw
- Lv
- Pr
- Nm
Precursor
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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.
$680SOLD- Aw2
- Tm
- Wn
- Nm
The Beginning of the Universe
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ARCHIVAL, 5 editions. Open the tier key.
PRIVATESOLD- Wn2
- Aw
- Tm
- Dv
Age of the Stars
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
- Nm Numinous 6 works
- Pr Power 6 works
- Sg Surrender 6 works
- Wn Wonder 3 works
- Ac Ascendance 2 works
The rest of the Rising family
Where Transcendence sits Tm · RISING FAMILY
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