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Adam Mysock
An Overreach

2018

$3,500
£2,647.88
€3,094.53
CA$5,009.25
A$5,089.82
CHF 2,883.54
MX$61,930.58
NOK 33,811.83
SEK 33,996.04
DKK 23,148.84

About the Item

From an illustration by Arthur Rackham for Alice in Wonderland – “They all crowded round it panting and asking, ‘But who has won?’” 1907 There’s a fear of inferiority that lies behind so much misinformation. We don’t want our truest selves, our real, flawed selves to be criticized, so we use dishonesty to create protective barriers. In much the same way, the Dodo character in Alice in Wonderland attempts to conceal his ignorance with confidence. When threatened with real or imagined criticism, lies offer a first line of defense. Our artifices keep us safe and untried.

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