"Don’t think of night as the absence of day; think of it as a kind of freedom. Turned away from our sun, we see the dawning of far-flung galaxies. We are no longer sun-blind to the star-coated universe we inhabit." – Diane Ackerman

Inspired by H.R. Giger, Mardis Gras, jumping spiders, lingerie, fabergé eggs, Christmas ornaments, and the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.

Original painting on masonite, 24"x32", created with acrylic and oil paint markers at: • LANAI Rooftop Lounge (Austin, TX) on 2014.03.05 for Fractālà, Ram-Z, Pharo, Blunt Force • Head for the Hills Music, Arts, and Brew Festival (New Braunfels, TX) on 2014.03.07 for Gobi, Dimitri's Ascent • Studio (Austin, TX) on 2014.03.22, 04.09, 04.10, 04.12 Animated in Motionleap for iPadOS.

• This is the one and only official NFT instance of this piece. *

Link to ultra-high-resolution scan of the original painting unlocked upon purchase, with license for personal non-commercial use. (© 2014 Michael Garfield)

Some proceeds from this sale will go toward carbon credits (in the form of new trees) to more than offset the costs of minting.

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