As the Old God Collapses, the New God Emerges, January 2018

"Nothing is new under the sun." Whether the subject is religion, science, or art, all new ideas emerge from the ones left behind. Knowledge, like a river, flows forward from a previous source. New civilizations grow from the cities preceding them; the burnt ashes of forgotten or dying cultures can feed and fertilize new growth. Consider the truth of this statement and remember it as you look at this collection of photographs I have entitled "As the Old God Collapses, the New God Emerges."

This visible, "natural" world we spend our days in is a reflection of a greater reality. As Manly P. Hall stated in his book The Secret Teachings of All Ages (first published in 1928): "The physical nature of the universe is receptive; it is a realm of effects. The invisible causes of these effects belong to the spiritual world. Hence, the spiritual world is the sphere of causation; the material world is the sphere of effects; while the intellectual - or soul - world is the sphere of mediation."

The artist can be a mediator between these spheres, creating images which are reflections and transmissions from a greater reality beyond the clouded spectrum of everyday, half-conscious life.

These images were made from a single double-exposure. In other words, two distinct photographs were combined to create a new source image.

While visiting a large greenhouse/conservatory, I made two photographs. The first photograph was a close-up photo of a large, tropical leaf. The next image was a photo of a different plant, from a greater distance. These two photographs were combined. This new double-exposure became the new source image from which this series was created.