<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Richard……so happy to see your astonishing work again…..great video! I had the same awestriking experience watching the video as<div class="">I did in the gallery seeing your work for the first time. Unbelievable and unforgettable! Thanks for putting it out there!!! <br class=""><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 23, 2021, at 2:47 PM, Richard Weiss via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class="">A little Holiday smile
from my studio. <br class="">
</font></p><p class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""> <font color="white" class=""><font color="red" class="">I've been wanting to </font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">create
a video </font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">of my</font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>mind
bending <font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">3-D </font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">optical illusion </font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">paintings for quite some time now. </font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">But
the interactive nature of my paintings made this task
</font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">a difficult one</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>.
My friend Ramu Shages made it
possible recently by filming my <font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">acrylic-on-wood
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>paintings
at Tim Carmody's Arts in Fort Bagg CA, courtesy of it's
owner and fabulous artist Mer E Dith. <br class="">
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<font color="red" class=""> </font><p class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">I </font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">edited
the video footage, </font></font></font>creating a
soundscape tailored to each of the 9 paintings. The result
is this 7:28 min video, </font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">the
closest thing to a real </font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">interactive</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font>
live <font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" class="">experience </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p><p class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class="">I hope you'll experience as much pleasure
watching </font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class="">this
video</font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""><font size="+3" face="Arial" color="red" class=""> </font></font></font>as I had creating
it. <br class="">
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