The Artist Formerly Known as Sister Corita
“We are God when we are creating.… We are God when we are being,” Corita Kent said to an assembly of students in 1976, after admitting that “some days I believe in what I am going to say to you this afternoon, and some days I don’t.” Then 58 years old, the artist, activist, and... More
The Secret Growing: On the New Spiritual Art Canon
IN OCTOBER 2022, I received an invitation to celebrate the Scorpio new moon eclipse with a group of creative women. The invitation was illustrated with a 1915 painting by the Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint, The Dove, No. 14—a rainbow sphere with a white center against a black background, astrological glyphs in each corner.... More
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New L.A.
FIFTY YEARS AGO, on November 22nd, 1963, in his home at the top of Mulholland Highway beneath the first “O” in the Hollywood sign, the British author, psychedelic pioneer and visionary thinker Aldous Huxley lost his three-year battle with cancer. Per his written request, Huxley’s second wife, Laura, injected him with a dose of liquid... More