let there be light!

You may recall that one of the 40 things I want to do in my 40's is to visit the Roden Crater, James Turrell's swan song slated for completion in 2012. Last weekend Turrell came to town to give the inaugural lecture in PNCA's new Idea Studios venture. A great recounting of this talk by D.K. Row can be read by clicking here.

Here's a quote that certainly got me thinking: "We (artists) ask a lot of art. We want it to provide a substitute for religion, and we expect it to be a way for us to make a living and also to be the backbone of our social life."