MikeBraunArt
Invocation
Dale Chihuly has led the Avant-garde movement in the development of glass as a fine art. His installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens in 2014 was a wonder to behold. After blending a couple of the photos I had taken at the event the initial result was a mix of mystical fairy garden and a playful version of the psychedelic rock band concert posters from the sixties. Clearly magic or hallucinogenics were involved and since I don't alter my mind unnecessarily it had to be magic. If magic were involved in creating this garden, I wondered where the source of the magic might lie, in this world or another. What would be beyond the garden's wall in the image. I then realized that the vista from Wolf Creek Pass was an equally powerful vision I had recently captured on a trip to Pagosa Springs and not only did the two images belong together, but I wondered which of the two worlds might have been conjured by a wizard. Which is more magical?
Invocation
Dale Chihuly has led the Avant-garde movement in the development of glass as a fine art. His installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens in 2014 was a wonder to behold. After blending a couple of the photos I had taken at the event the initial result was a mix of mystical fairy garden and a playful version of the psychedelic rock band concert posters from the sixties. Clearly magic or hallucinogenics were involved and since I don't alter my mind unnecessarily it had to be magic. If magic were involved in creating this garden, I wondered where the source of the magic might lie, in this world or another. What would be beyond the garden's wall in the image. I then realized that the vista from Wolf Creek Pass was an equally powerful vision I had recently captured on a trip to Pagosa Springs and not only did the two images belong together, but I wondered which of the two worlds might have been conjured by a wizard. Which is more magical?