‘Universal Transcendence No.4’ - Original 24x30 Painting

‘Universal Transcendence No.4’

24x30

Watercolor, Gold Leaf, and Acrylic on Canvas

Comes with complimentary framing in the color of your choice. 

Please note this piece is in 3/4 inch canvas and will be framed in a similarly thin frame. 

About This Piece:

"Universal Transcendence" can mean the idea that humanity (or consciousness) is capable of moving beyond narrow identities that include national, religious, economic, or even species-level ego, toward a state of awareness that recognizes deep interconnectedness with all existence. It's not just spiritual; it's ontological (a way of understanding that there's no separation between self, nature, and the cosmos). When viewed this way, transcendence is not escape from the world but re-integration with it.

In a time when many people feel disconnected, like they're "just here" or "just existing" - I think reframing out point of view around this can help tremendously. At the end of the day, climate change is a crisis of separation. It's arguably a symptom of disconnection; from ecological cycles and limits, from ancestral memory and indigenous stewardship of nature, and from the sense of sacred reciprocity between humans and the earth.

A transcendent consciousness challenges that separation by dissolving the illusion that human progress stands apart from planetary health. It asks us to experience Earth as subject rather than object: being alive, aware, ad responsive.

What to do: Build a relationship with nature. Again. Or for the first time. The more we personally care about nature, the more we'll want to act on the change it needs to thrive.

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10% of the sale of this painting will be donated to The Women's Earth Alliance. When women thrive, the earth thrives. Women's Earth Alliance catalyzes grassroots, women-led solutions to protect the environment, end the climate crisis, and ensure a just, thriving world.