"The Artist lives in the world not inhabited by mere humans, The artist breathes air and drinks water that is saturated with artistic license. Artistic license allows, encourages and appreciates the spontaneous gesture of the brush or the turn of a phrase by the artist. To understand the nature of beauty in the present time, as Baudelaire suggests, the artist must simply pay attention - aka 'be here now'." 

-Lydia Hesse

"A proposition of accountability to respond to imagination for those who choose the perspective of artist and creator in time and space. For example, archived on a severed tree are nature's impressions of time.- the rings reflections of moments. Beauty manifested, only understood recently in the artistry of the rings: such are the creations of the inspired artist in conscious reflection. Representations of subjective beauty in 'the present time' a permanent ripple. They become, are and have been the rings-- captured, created and reflected by the artists of the said time. Understanding is to appreciate the beauty in the row."

-Carlos Ray Martinez