In this gallery of mysteries you are invited to guess what each of these pictures are really of. To see even tiny bits of the world on their own terms is my admittedly absurd goal in much of what you’ll find here. Or can a trompe l'oeil, a trick of the eye, help refresh our vision while restoring some measure of autonomy, temporarily at least, to the objects of our gaze? (Surely impossible since we can never get out from behind our own gaze, except perhaps through the eyes of another?) The Upanishads tell of a man who ran in terror from a snake in the night that dawn revealed to be a pile of coiled rope. Like a lot of magic, a trick of the eye plays on the power of habit and expectation to carry off the deception. Rather than glimpsing a different reality, can we at least slow down and notice a tiny slice of all we miss? Keep track of your guesses and then open the Why It's...gallery for the answers. Well, not all the answers. As of yet there is currently no cash prize for guessing them all correctly, but voluminous research has shown that your immense feeling of achievement will be priceless.
The brazen walls of Troy?
Memories of Sefarad?
An abstract study in blues & grays?
A traditional wheat pancake drizzled with caramel and scarletberry jam?
Micro or Macro? Living cells or newly discovered ripples from the Big Bang?
In the furnace paddies of steel
A leaf blowing through unchartered lands?
Toothless yet horrifying predator?
The eye of a petrified elephant?
Must be art, right?
A sign against oneness, or...
Darkness & Lights
Okay, this is DEFINTELY art
A study in red. Not all mysteries have answers