The Art of Vanity
Come Back to Earth
Canvas
Come Back to Earth
2024
- 40"x30"
- Mixed Media on Canvas
- 1-of-1 Original Work
- Comes Custom Framed
- Customer Responsible for Shipping
$3,000.00
Listen to my reflection on this work
This piece is named after the opening track on Mac Miller's Swimming, one of several pieces I named after songs from that album. That may be my all-time favorite album of his, and he's one of my all-time favorite artists.
Come Back to Earth felt like a potent title. The dissociative escapism I described in Head Above The Clouds often had me feeling spaced out.
I'm glad to say I got to watch him grow organically. I still have the MySpace page design I did for him, the photos from the "I Support JENESIS Magazine" campaign we ran, and the times we had him on our covers.
That album meant so much to me before he passed, just because I genuinely loved it. It felt like he was hitting the next level, like his artistry was finally being recognized.
We moved from Pittsburgh to DC the day after it came out. It was the soundtrack that welcomed us to the city that has given us so much. So the music was special. Mac felt like a bridge between home and home. From Pixburgh to D.C.
But Mac didn't just represent Pittsburgh. He represented what's possible.