⋘⋘⤜⥉⤛⋙⋙ New Mexico ⋘⋘⤜⥉⤛⋙⋙

They journey began at the sacred Zuni Dowa Yalanne mesa or Corn Mountain. Closed to outsiders, I could feel the Zuni ancestors as I approached the mountain. The mesa dates back to the Jurassic Period (135-180 million years ago) when it was formed by sand dunes. Its mythology name is the "House of the Gods and the making of Rain, Lighting and Thunder." Another highlight of this Southwest excursion was visiting Sessann of the amazing Earth Age blog, Cosmic Dust tumblr & creator of Three Arrows Leather. Off the grid of electricity, phone & modern convenience, we headed into the wilderness. There was sage as far an the eye could see. She lives in an Earthship (a solar powered house made of recycled materials) at 7,000 feet! It was one of the most freeing experiences to truly be with nature. We also stopped at the Petrified Forest (a field of fallen rainbow logs that are 225 million years old) in Arizona & viewed ancient petroglyphs. What a trip! 
Sessann's inspirational blog http://earth-age.blogspot.com
 http://cosmic-dust.tumblr.com

◿⋚⊼⋛◺ Ancient Sumer ◿⋚⊼⋛◺

What's old is new & you can't get any older than Sumerians. Thousands of years before Egypt's old kingdom, these marsh dwellers were recording their lives and legends in cuneiform script. The calendar and mathematics we use today were given to us by the Sumerians. They claimed to have learned many of these secrets from Oannes, a deity with the body of a fish and a man's body beneath, which lived in the Persian Gulf and emerged periodically to provide instructions. No one can say exactly where this knowledge came from, but it served as the foundation of civilization and marked the beginning of recorded history. Their achievements in astronomy and architecture were unparalleled in the world of 3000 BC. What the ancients knew, we have yet to comprehend.....
Photographs from the Sumer book by Andre Parrot from the Arts of Man series.

Soul ☯ Mates

It's hard to believe this time last year Stephen and I were days away from getting married. We had our celebration on the beach at Leo Carrillo, California. Featherbeard was our cosmic officiant and even had the Funkadelic song "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow" read by an alien during our ceremony! What a blessing it has been to love and be loved endlessly.

Photographs taken by Carmen Hawk, Kristin Korven & Courtney Brooke

Featherbeard's website: http://www.featherbeard.org
One of my favorite FB songs 

▽▽▽ Mark Borthwick △△△

My memories of Mark Borthwick's 2006 exhibition "IS MY NATURE THE ONLY WAY?" still resonate with me. It took place at the Journal gallery in New York City and featured his photography, poetry and performance. I experienced his vision of a creative utopia over many nights. Weekly dinner gatherings were open to all.
Below are a few photographs from that show & photographs from his Bird's set Sun's book.

http://markborthwick.com

⋘⋲◈⋺⋙ White Flight ⋘⋲◈⋺⋙

"I believe more than ever in HEART BASED consciousness, and despite the apparent conflicts in the outer reality, I trust that we are moving into a new era of Unity Consciousness as a species.  Many have foreseen this time of transformation on the horizon centuries ago. No matter where we find ourselves in these wild times, we always have access to our own hearts and the cosmic refuge therein.-White Flight" 

White Flight launched a Kickstarter to raise funding for 
his next epic album! His intention is to create a sacred experience of
Unity Conciousness within the listener/viewer. Augustin's music & scared geometry paintings remind us that we are all connected. Connected to all living creatures & this beautiful planet we live on. In addition to the Kickstarter link posted below I included come of Neil Krug's photographs of White Flight.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whiteflight/white-flight-pyramid-of-light


Video by Neil Krug & website http://www.neilkrug.com

Augustin's sacred geometry painting are for sale at http://www.etsy.com/shop/daughterofthesun

▞╦◯╦▚ ASTRAL EYES ▞╦◯╦▚

The artist formally known as owleyes has passed through dimensional portals ≠ Now knowing its true nature the ASTRAL EYES may see not only the two worlds ≠ but between them as well. On August 25th at Sancho Gallery located in Los Angeles. Astral Eyes & Chromium Dumb Belle will be showing new pieces they have collaborated on together. I can't wait to see what these two have created! Here are some of James's collages.    

Owl Eyes designs are also available to wear: http://store.actualpain.org  

And a book you can purchase 
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2073981

For more Astral Eyes art 
http://immortalmortal.com