by Atala | Aug 29, 2023 | Dark Forces & Grumpy Beings, Honoring Animals
This is a nature being art piece that looks different from different angles. From one vantage point (right) the sculpture looks like a cougar searching for prey and about to pounce. From another (left) he looks like an old, bedraggled cougar with death fast...
by Atala | Mar 2, 2021 | Love
To the right of the Love Story Mural we have been exploring is a little alcove dedicated to the enduring love that weaves through our roots no matter what the externals look like. This story takes place inside one of the canyons at Garden of the Gods, Illinois. You...
by Atala | Jun 27, 2020 | Complex & Grand Stories
The Vision Quest area of Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, called to me many years ago, when access was by a lightly marked path up a small incline. I followed the unvoiced instructions and ended in a spectacularly powerful area that I immediately knew, even...