A brief break along the Day 28 Journey. Thank God my hands still work. A thousand cuts, splinters, burns, and stubs. Well done, good and faithful servants. Recognized by God is the greatest honor. Sometimes invisible but always present.
“Sometimes the Hardest Part of the Journey is Getting Out the Door”: I get anxious. Creating new things gets me out the door—new thoughts along the artist trail. https://larryjortega.com/transcendent-dreams/
“Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.”
My work explores the unique interpretation of light and color. Like a prism bending light waves, I layer translucent resin with a palette of earth minerals. Light is stored. In the dark, light re-emits a spectrum of UV-type color. The sculpture’s surface captures the dance of illumination, shadow, and shape. As a result, this distinctive…
A disappearing retail category: art galleries The role of travel agents continues to disappear, replaced by apps and algorithms to book a hotel, rent a car and buy tickets to a show. Video stores, bookstores, camera shops, the brick and mortar versions have vanished, displaced by technology. Art galleries, cultural and art museums continue to…
A new way to tell an old story.
Paracosms: Creative sketches of our imagination
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