9 in. X 12 in., acrylic on canvas. This series of paintings relies heavily on automatic drawings. The title is a take off of a riddle from Finnegan's Wake. "Was liffe worth leaving? Nej !" The image suggests the 'Ba', the ancient Egyptian aspect of the spirit portrayed as having a human head and a bird's body. This winged spirit roamed the earth during the day, but returned to the underworld every night. Of course in modern times this spirit would have a mechanical aspect as well, like the thermodynamically powered perpetual motion machines, the dunking bird.
