Excerpts

From the Preface:
Visual Journeys, A Collaboration

"Within the visual journey each member is adjusting and modifying; there are unexpected detours and new roads to follow. Perhaps these variations along the way lead to new materials and techniques, different from those the member was using when he or she entered the group. The Society of Layerists in Multi–Media encourages its members in the evolution of their art. Each step of their journey is as important as any other. The images in this book are formed of layers that, taken together, enrich the collective whole. This book itself becomes "whole" by the layering of images on each page."

Nina Mihm, President

From the Forward:
Looking Backward, Looking Forward

" I see SLMM as a wellspring of energy that is contributing, however modestly, to the evolution of consciousness. Layered art suggests that an intuited world penetrates the ‘real’ one and it is available to all of us. What we derive from it connects us to everything else. The study of consciousness at the frontier of new science reveals the vast potential of our minds to receive and to transmit information through space and time. This discovery represents a far-reaching breakthrough. We notice that breakthroughs in knowledge are occurring faster in our time. To cope with both the speed and the volume of incoming data, the human race is evolving towards beings that futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard describes as "Homo universalis," whose consciousness will expand to cosmic proportions. We are their forerunners. For those who will come after us, the travelers who transit the galaxies, it is vital that an opening of the imagination prepares their way. Artists, among them Layerists, are crucial to this turning point. They are making the signs that will guide us forward."

Mary Carroll Nelson, Founder, SLMM, 1982

Book Stats:

Hardbound, laminated cover, size 8½ x 11, 160 pages, first edition.

Library of Congress Number: 2010926605
ISBN: 978–1–934491–23–2

Retail price: $40, plus shipping and handling

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