I recently added a Sand Montage Gallery to the site containing 31 new digital reflection artworks. The montages are created by reflecting my abstract nature photography. I’m enjoying this new “Reflection Medium” which parallels my visionary art photography. Many questions still confound my skeptical mind during the montage explorations…. Are the montages reflecting my Mind??? Are these mystical forms, chambers and portals hidden in Nature’s Pattern??? Can a creative eye find and map some unseen Collective Unconscious realm through photography art and the computer? By capturing and reflecting Microcosmic shots of this reality; are the Montage Reflections revealing a glance into the Macrocosm? Is sacred Geometry a derivative of reflecting nature?? Can we tap into telluric currents or the genius loci (local spirit) through this reflection medium??
Heavy research has helped me to make more sense of the artistic visions that I am accessing. What was once created for therapy; my art has become an experimental exploration of growth, knowledge and the unknown. The quote below by Carl Jung soundly resonates with my artistic process.
“Reflection should be understood not simply as an act of thought, but rather as an attitude. It is a privilege born of human freedom in contradistinction to the compulsion of natural law. As the word itself testifies (reflection means literally: bending back) reflection is a spiritual act that runs counter to the natural process; an act whereby we stop, call something to mind, form a picture, and take up a relation to and come to terms with what we have seen. It should, therefore, be understood as an act of becoming conscious.”
- Carl Gustav Jung, Psychology and Western Religion
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Link to full collection: Sand Montage Gallery
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“I believe the value of Wolikâs work will make deep impression on future generations that will be searching for lost links with nature.” ~This is wonderfully stated Mitchell. I believe this to be very true as well.
The pillars have been a reoccurring cultural unit for people through out the ages. From the first ritual’s of providing shelter and protection, evoked the fruition of other gravitational orders. The use of sand as a conduit and fluid medium appealed to the ancient Egyptian masons. We tend to indulge in our straight lines today..even as strict model for time, which may only be a limited view of a much wider spiral. Wolik’s Sand Gallery really articulates a deep connection with humanity’s symbiotic relationship with symbols. I see a strong similar practice of Navajo sand painting in Wolik’s exploration. I believe the value of Wolik’s work will make deep impression on future generations that will be searching for lost links with nature.