Altarpiece No 1 Group X

Altarpiece No 1 Group X. Hilma af Klint 1907 I was privileged to visit the Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future exhibit when it was at the Guggenheim in 2019. The scale and scope of some of these visionary works were of such a breathtaking nature that I grew faint and strange; I thought (hoped, even!) I might be experiencing an art attack, a psychosomatic episode, a soupon of Stendahl Syndrome. What made the afternoon complete was when my boyfriends mother wandered into the Mapplethorpe exhibit and was a bit scandalized. not having any familiarity or context before doing so. All kinds of feels on this day! A prism of sacred frankincense refracting a golden amber light into a spectrum of daemonorops draco, King mandarin, golden oud, verdant moss, blue tansy, indigo vegetal musk, and wild plum.