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Michael seeks to create works that reflect his struggles with the world he finds himself living in, and the commonalities that we all share in this. Desire, Defeat, Acceptance, Judgment, Love, Fear, Time, and Space. Michael's studio is downtown Los Angeles in the Spring Arts Tower. "Happiness is that funny little place halfway between fantasy and reality." -me

Saturday, June 4, 2011

I dreamed the stars moved

...I am home where I grew up in Fargo. The field that used to be next to our house is like it was when I was a kid. Not like it is now, full of homes. It is night, and I am walking through the field down the dusty, car-created road that divides the old farm field in half. I look up into the deep night sky, full of stars. Stars I could only see when I was young. I see the grid of the heavens that aligns all the stars, and see its simple, elegant perfection. The stars before me near the horizon begin to move, and relocate...shifting their positions in an instant. It is beautiful to watch and as they move I am lifted up by an unseen force, flat on my back, about 6 feet off the ground. I am not afraid, I seem to understand that this should happen. I begin to fly forward towards home at amazing speed.
It is a beautiful dream.
I believe we live in a time of instant change. Of instant evolution. I believe we are closer to realizing who and what we are and our limitless potential. I believe the heavens and all its stars will move to support us as we need them to, as we are ready for, as we are clear enough with our highest reality to guide us, as we are fearless and full of love for ourself, and recognize our inseperable connection to All That Is.
The heavens are but a great bird. Flying us to our greatest destiny. A sweep of its unlimited wingspan and oceans of time are flown to another time and place.


The Heavens Flight
(10) triptych self folding cardboard panels @ 70" x 60"
Oil, Oil Stick on cardboard panel
2010