(This post originally posted on July 10, 2017, and was updated in 2019.)
“Art is what it does to us.”
Your easiest escape is a mental one. • Step into 5 visionary daydreams:
1. Bahai Temple of South America – Hariri Pontarini Architects
A peaceful glow…

©Sebastian Wilson Leon [click photo to enlarge for best experience]
* Welcoming to all religions—or none!
- 2017 award: Canadian Innovation in Architecture
- Chile: Last of 8 continental temples
- Translucent marble & cast glass (TED talk “Sacred Space”)
2. Glass Sculptures – Jack Storms
Breathtaking light and color…
Jack Storms explains his work
*Artist’s fave “Vivi-ovo” at 5:45!
- Cold process: cutting, gluing and polishing
- Fibonacci / Golden Ratio for proportions of beauty
- Crystal and dichroic glass
3. Lovers Statues that Mesh – Tamara Kvesitadze
Symbolism of a deep intimacy…
“Ali & Nino” | Statue of Love
*Romantics: stop video at 1:56 mins!
- Muslim/Christian love story
- 26 feet tall, kinetic bodies, lit by LED
- Public exhibit in Georgia, formerly Russian empire
4. Paintings – Peter Max
Saturated color, since the psychedelic 60’s…
Dreams Art Gallery, St Maarten | Bio, variety of works: pianos, plane, ship, cars, albums, stamps, murals, portraits, events and media
*See my “portrait” (as if!) at 2:05 and 6:14 mins
I finally met my lifelong inspiration in 2004. He told me he always paints to music. I think it shows!
- Just adorned TV’s “The Voice”
- Born in Germany, escaped the Holocaust; now 79 years old
- Paints Americana icons for social causes: vegan (read how he saved a COW), environmental, human rights, world peace (“I Love the World”)
5. Crystal Universe – teamLab
Sublime entry into space and wonder…

*The pinks at 1:23 are better than a Bob Mackie wardrobe!
- Created by technologist dreamers, with over 170,000 LEDs
- Visitors use interactive smart devices to affect their environment
- The collective’s 2017 new work: color-changing spheres respond to touch
5 last looks:
*Click each for largest immersion…





Feast your eyes, indulge your imagination…
let good art carry you away.
Thanks for the escape!
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
Leonardo da Vinci