“Consuming My Illusion” 9” x 12” paper, acrylic, and cardboard. September 1, 2024
“The neurotic opts out of life because he is having trouble maintaining his illusions about it, which proves nothing less than that life is possible only with illusions.” Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
“Culturally Constructed Meat Puppets,” 9” x 12” acrylic and mixed media on paper. September 20, 2024
“Turning away from a flight from death, you see a horizon of opportunity that puts you in a state of anticipatory resoluteness with solicitous regard for others that makes your life seem like an adventure perfused with unshakeable joy.” Martin Heidegger, Being and Time (1927)
“Sisyphus,” 16” x 16” acrylic and charcoal on canvas. September 27, 2024
"Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level". Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
“Anxiety,” 9” x 12” acrylic on paper. October 3, 2024
”The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.” Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death.
“Impermanence & Insignificance,” 9” x 12” acrylic and charcoal. September 11, 2024
“We are gods with anuses.” Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
“An Ancient Stone Idol,” 3.75” x 5” acrylic, charcoal, oil (mixed media) on paper.