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“Once one crosses a conceptual threshold of rethinking what nature might or might not be, it can multiply outward radically. The world becomes a more interesting place to be, and one is perhaps somewhat less judgmental.”

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Michael Light

Michael Light, born in 1963, is a mysterious figure whose identity and profession remain unknown. more

“I'm attracted to the garden, without a doubt, but I always try and image the wolf that's there, too. And that wolf would be us. It's not that we're malevolent or evil - we're marvelous, fantastic, tool-bearing beings and capable of so much - but there are so many of us, and we don't tend to take responsibility for what we do.”

Trying Would Be Evil Responsibility Doubt Capable Garden Tools Fantastic Marvelous Taking Responsibility

Author:Michael Light

“I've always been amazed at the vastness of America itself and what it does and how it does it. I'm interested in the mechanics of what makes this country happen, the power structures, the natural splendor.”

Doe Country Happens America Natural Structure Amazed Mechanic Splendor Vastness

Author:Michael Light

“I have a profound passion for the act of flying. It's very freeing, with an intense physicality, but it also gives an Olympian, god's-eye view, which fuels a larger cerebral and structural analysis.”

Giving Eye Passion Views Profound Flying Intense Analysis Fuel Physicality Cerebral Olympian Olympian Gods

Author:Michael Light

“When I go up, especially if I'm paying for a small helicopter and pilot, I'm on. I've got an hour and a half and the clock is ticking and it's costly and I enter into a super-heightened state of mind.”

Ifs Mind States Hours Half Clock State Of Mind Pilots Helicopters Clock Is Ticking

Author:Michael Light

“The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up - it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together.”

Thinking Kind Together Certain Letting Go Perception Conscious Dancing Unconscious Urges Freeze Coming Together

Author:Michael Light

“I realized that if I wanted to truly talk about vastness and the sublime and scale and the West - recurrent themes in my overall work - I needed to engage with the vast ocean that is Los Angeles.”

Ifs Wanted Needed Ocean West I Realized Scales Theme Los Angeles Sublime Vastness Vast Ocean

Author:Michael Light

“Los Angeles functions for me as a kind of holy template. It is postwar America.”

Kind America Holy Function Los Angeles

Author:Michael Light

“What better way to actually deal with L.A. than to get above it and engage with the horizontality and scale of the basin itself?”

Way Deals Scales Better Ways

Author:Michael Light

“The pilot says, "Where do you want to go?" and that's always a rather existential question, because naturally I think a bit about where I want to go, but of course I can't really know where I want to go, in advance. I know it when I see it.”

Thinking Knows Want I Can Courses Bits Pilots Existential

Author:Michael Light

“When entertaining, it's great to wow your guests with an outstanding recipe, but it's also very important to design a menu that's not too demanding of yourself, otherwise everybody will have fun but you. A great appetizer or simpler dish is a good way to work a menu that's delicious but does not impose too much effort or time spent in the kitchen.”

Way Doe Important Fun Effort Too Much Design Having Fun Kitchen Wow Guests Entertaining Dishes Delicious Recipes Outstanding Good Way Menus Time Spent Appetizers

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