Our Inner Don Quixote

 



Our Inner Don Quixote

Stained basswood and cedar on a stained hemlock base, rigid cotton, matte varnish. 

50.8 x10.16 x 25.4 cm

2022

 

Each of us has an imaginary world of windmills to contend with, like the famous Hidalgo character Don Quixote de la Mancha. He is above all a symbol: that of a utopian with noble and chivalrous ideas who fights against all the evils of society.

Don Quixote is not satisfied with the world as it is: this world of sweat, blood and tears is the world of the human condition. To fight injustice is to fight the world, to want to change it, to transform it.

Marc Patault

Don Quixote, knight watchman of truth

This linden wood montage illustrates Cervantes' anti-hero, who resembles us and who inspires us in our actions against injustice, even if they sometimes seem futile and hopeless in the face of the harsh realities of these shocking times.


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