THE CROSSING
Date2003 - 2004
MediumOil on honeycomb panels; about 4" thick
Dimensions4 1/2 x 6' square
Credit LineThis project is supported in part by an Artist Grant from the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Object numberMetspeak28
Descriptionvoyage, 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)
ancestor, n. 1 a progenitor, forefather
2 [Literature] "Our auncitors . . . haue giuen vs counsel." (Philemon Holland, Pliny's Historie of the World, 1601)
talus, n. 1 [Geology] a sloping mass of rock debris and fragments at the foot of a cliff
2 [Colloquial] "stumbling blocks become stepping stones"
dust storm, n. 1 a tempest in which large clouds of dust are raised and carried along, obscuring vision
2 [Scripture] ""Yea, they shall not be beaten down by the storm at the last day; . . ." (Alma 26:6)
3 [Scripture] ". . . thou hast been a . . . refuge from the storm, . . ." (Isaiah 25:4)
4 [Scripture] ". . . there arose a mist of darkness . . . insomuch that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way. . . " (1 Nephi 8:23)
turbulence, n. 1 the state or quality of violent commotion, agitation, or disturbance
2 [Literature] "Think of Him as calm . . . amidst the most furious agitations and turbulences of nature." (Edward M. Goulburn, Thoughts on Personal Religion, 1862)
3 [Literature] "After thes turbulent raging tempese I hope verrely for caulm and faier wether." (Gabriel Harvey, Letter-book, 1573)
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