Reading the interview with James Turrell last night, reminded me that I had been meaning to go to the museum to revisit a favorite work, Thomas Wilfred's Luccata, Opus 162, which has been installed into a wall beneath a staircase of the Hammer building for several years.
I went to this huge museum to see this single work, and planned to leave after spending a half hour watching the changes in this living painting. I needed a break after being a tech nerd with my new iPad all day yesterday--and this was a sort of visit to an Art Oasis. I'm going to try to do this more frequently, and report back on the experiences, hopefully inspiring others to take a couple hours off every week or so, and spend time alone with something beautiful. Just be with it, and see how directly you can connect.
The concept goes back to the famous book by Julia Cameron (could that really have been published 30 years ago?), "The Artist's Way. She called this activity, the "Artist's Date," and she believed it was very important to go solo.
Spoiler alert: It might be better to see "Luccata," before you take a peak at this photo and description of the mechanism that makes the magic happen.
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