HOLY FIRE BY PAINTER ALEX GREY

"Art is a communion of one soul to another, offered through the symbolic language of form and content. Can we transform the art world, or our attitude toward the art world, to the degree that we can regard it as a spiritual community? Can art become a healing path that reveals the beauty and holiness of our selves and our world, projecting an ideal of what we and our wounded world may become? This is not a dogma for new art, merely a call for it to manifest its power to uplift, inspire, and become a flame of spiritual vision." -Alex Grey

WKD WITH PAINTER ALEX GREY

...surreal, magical, intimate, funny, romance weekend away at the Grey's, sitting by their living room fire cozy in socks for hours casual yapping about Art and the supreme value of Love. Tour entire Chapel of Sacred Mirrors compound, fine talks with his wife Allyson, fun guided lessons as Deanna and I draw each other, amazing to be there sharing meals and so much conversation. Three days later so roaring tired, in their studio late night watching him paint his newest painting, am I really seeing this? At one point alone with him discuss mutual conviction of the absolute mystical potential of art. Took Deanna as a Valentine surprise, but was all pretty volcanic to me.