“66,000 Generations of Reason”

“66,000 Generations of Reason”

18″ high x 32″ wide x 46″ deep

Handbuilt ceramic, ferric patina.

SOLD — at the 2010 Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair — Thank you D. and T. C.!

I can see in his face that this old soul has, through his intelligence, forged vast experience into wisdom. If he could view all 66,000 generations of human history from his time to ours, would he be impressed with what we’ve done with our gift of reason?

(Title inferred from a science journal article reporting on a 1.3 million year old human ancestor jaw bone discovered in a cave in what is now Spain.)