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March 22 – “Archaic Future and a New Vision for Creating Legacy Art”
The experience of awe
Mr. Brown started his morning presentation by awing the audience with a short performance on his triton shell horn, a sacred instrument used by Japanese yamabushi mountain priests. Mr. Brown then began with an initial comment, “I have a confession to make. I am obsessed with the experience of awe.” Mr. Brown then explained how the triton shell’s reverberating sound is important for his work as an artist, giving him the opportunity to resonate with the genius loci of the landscapes he works with and to become aware of unknown elements of nature that connect him with his subconscious. “Isn’t that what art has been about since the beginning of time - experiencing awe?”