When someone tells you it’s a grain of sand, there’s a moment where your reality falls apart and … - Vik Muniz

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We're using gradients of light as an auric measurement, a quantified auric measurement of the ascension of consciousness from the relatively sensorial, material perceptions of existence to the more refined spiritual perceptions of existence.

Vik Muniz

When someone tells you it’s a grain of sand, there’s a moment where your reality falls apart and you have to reconstruct it. You have to step back and ask what the image is and what it means.

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The moment when one thing turns into another is the most beautiful moment. A combination of sounds turns into music. And that applies to everything.

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It's not about fooling somebody, it's actually giving somebody a measure of their own belief: how much you want to be fooled. That's why we pay to go to magic shows and things like that.

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