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Sam and the spirit of Vincent |
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Coolsville Vessels - hand-built, dangerous glazes and post-apocalyptic suggestions |
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Betsy Schott as "Doubt". A woman is seen preparing to clip a bird's wing. Indecision is worse than a bad choice! Caught in the grey areas of action restrained - she finds her self frozen beyond even the shadow of a doubt. |
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Leland Wheeler as the representation of ' The Iconoclast'. The archetypal Hierophant takes an ambivalent turn (or is it cleansing & purifying?) - Dressed in a costume composed of ancient book pages - he prepares to light the match that will purge us of old hand-me-down misconceptions and free our thoughts into a realm of clarity. |
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A self portrait as "Perseverance": A guide-like figure is guarded by the moon (symbolizing the changing vagaries of Fate) -he points to an open book - which heralds the message "Fear Not..." |
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Marlys Cox embodies the concept of "Transformation" : A woman cocooned in an amorphous cloud of thoughts releases her dreams at last...the symbolic butterfly released into the world of expectations... |
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David Mendoza expresses the spirit of "Exuberance". A playful acquiescence to the 'moment' frees the inner-self. A joyful artist is seen flying the kite of "Truth & Beauty" without fear of ridicule or disdain from the status-quo. Yet such a lack of reserve may lead to the artificiality of one who is always smiling! |
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Marsha Bennett enacts an example of "Contrary" persona. A woman with a hat which defies gravity serves a cake on which is decoratively written "Have your cake and eat it too..."Antithetical behavior at its most strident.  Cynthia Beatt speaks to us from her image captured during a Skype session. Her insights and observations come from a distant place and perhaps contain within their contents the spirit of "Prophecy" who she represents. Perhaps everyday communications contain messages which can be interpreted as prophetic depending on perspective.
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I met Forrest Moses in 1979. He came walking up my garden path and into the house during a visit to Atlanta. My friend, Michael Slagle, had met him on a skiing trip in New Mexico. He invited me out to Santa Fe and later that year I made that journey. At the time of this writing we have been friends for nearly 40 years.
*Forrest passed away in 2021
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| Moses when I first met him 1979 |
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The Artist |
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With Moses in Santa Fe (late 70s)  various snapshots of Santa Fe friends at Robert F. Nichols Gallery |
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telegram from Moses concerning one of my exhibitions |
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| saved emails |
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a selected letter from shared correspondence |
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Moses' studio / Camino Del Monte Sol, Santa Fe (2015) |
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| With Nan in Amsterdam 2000 |
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| pen and ink drawing from Nan when I first met her |
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| Correspondence from Nan |
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| Correspondence from Nan |
