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Art Exhibition “Lucid Dreaming” at Bajo El Sol Gallery
On Friday, February 3rd, at 6pm the Gri Gri Project at Bajo El Sol Gallery in Mongoose Junction, St. John will be hosting the opening of its exhibition “Lucid Dreaming.”
“Lucid Dreaming” features new mixed media paintings by Aimee Trayser (St. John), ink on paper drawings by Andrew Barlas Jr. (St. John), oil paintings by Amy Gibbs (St. Thomas), Marta Isabel Pérez (St. Thomas/Puerto Rico) and Elisa Lacatena (St. Thomas), handbound books by Susan Edwards (St. Thomas) and metal sculptures by Mike Walsh (St. Croix). The opening’s special guest artist will be video artist Bill Stelzer (St. John).
Lucid dreaming provides artists a chance to experiment with the extraordinary abilities buried in unused parts of the brain. During lucid dreaming the dreamer is aware of the act of dreaming. The dreamer may be able to exert some degree of control over the dream’s characters, narrative, and environment. In reference to this phenomenon, Greek philosopher Aristotle observed, “Often when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.”
The show will run until February 28.
Mongoose Junction’s monthly “First Friday” art & music event will be occurring the same evening from 6 pm to 9 pm. Bajo El Sol is located upstairs above Hot Look Sunglasses and Sun Dog Café.
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