Kate McQuillen
Tip of Tongue, 2021
Acrylic on clayboard panels
71 x 76 x 1.5 inches
KM027
The painting, Tip of Tongue, references various natural phenomena within the human mind, most notably, the 'tip of tongue' phenomenon and the specific mental energetic emptiness felt when the word...
The painting, Tip of Tongue, references various natural phenomena within the human mind, most notably, the "tip of tongue" phenomenon and the specific mental energetic emptiness felt when the word is about to be recalled. There is a deep sense that retrieval is imminent, and the mind feels at once an awareness of “knowing” and “not knowing”.