Appropriation which can be seen throughout Duchamp, Bacon and Velasquez, Giorgione to Manet, the Book of Kells and the Greeks to the Romans, is the viscosity of ideas.

A focus in its direct attribute reflects a transnational capitalist polity identifiable through ownership. In contrast to these ideals, one questions the direct ownership to idea or symbol which influences identity. If ones vision of self is referenced through symbolic ideas and those ideas are considered property of another, then who owns oneself when identity becomes defined through that vision.

Identity coefficient