FORTY-FIVE DEGREE TILT
Date2004
MediumOil and collage on panel
DimensionsOverall: 71.1 x 64.8 cm (28 x 25 1/2")
Credit LineCourtesy of the Artist
Object numberMetspeak41
DescriptionShoes; word: shoes; girl with wings (constellation Virgo from 1690); horizontal paint washes; Provo street blueprint from 1950's; diamond patterned cloth with red fruit motifVirgo 1 the sixth sign of the zodiac symbolized by a virgin
2 according to astrologers, people born under this sign are intelligent, practical, and sensible; they like order and tidiness in all things and pay attention to details
1924 C. E. O. CARTER Conc. Encycl. Psychol. Astrol. 114 Virgo, however, is frequently extremely given over to foibles and personal idiosyncrasies which warp the mental outlook.
voyage, n. 1 an act of traveling, a journey or passage, by which one goes from one place to another
2 [Literature] "I was just beginning to hope for an easy voyage . . ." (Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic Explorations, 1856)
3 [Literature] "The round trip from home back to home again constitutes the 'voyage' . . ." (Frank Thomas Bullen, Sea-Wrack, 1903)
4 [Literature] "Blocks and stones our ghostly enemies cast in the narrow way that leadeth to heaven, to hinder our voyage." (Thomas Wright, The Passions of the Minde, 1604)
5 [Literature] "Bound on a voyage of awful length, . . A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own." (William Cowper, Human Frailty, 1779)
journey, n. 1 a continued course of going, having its beginning and end in place or time
2 a mode of progression to a certain place
3 [Literature] "This life . . . is a journey, or rather one stage of our journey through matter." (Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued, 1834)
constellation, n. 1 a configuration of stars within a region of the celestial sphere that have guided people for thousands of years as they journeyed throughout the earth
2 [Literature] "He turns not back who is bound to a star." (Leonardo da Vinci, ????????
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