Diverging Paths/Convoluted Language

Diverging Paths/Convoluted Language

This piece addresses the abstract geography of language.

Utilizing a grid pattern framework that symbolize rational structure, the linear grooves cut into the wood represent the flow of language and its ability to cross both natural and artificial boundaries.

All the permutations of spoken language remain contained in a closed system, the anatomical and applied limitations of speech something all of humanity has in common.