Later on Friday I finally got to meet Thomas Arthur, beloved of my dear friend Ashley Cooper and Artist of the Mystery extraordinaire.
He was one of the participants in the early Beauty Dialogue calls, and his contributions to the conversation there, along with the powerful creative co-generation I saw between he and Ashley, had made me look forward to meeting him for ages now.
To describe Thomas as a juggler is hugely understating the case, as you can see from this video, which he created over the course of one sleepless night because he didn't like a version that someone else had posted of the performance.
What isn't so obvious from this one video, though, is the full depth of his perception and his uncanny ability to convey the magic he obviously sees in everything. Using a variety of media, Thomas is one of those great artists whose identity defies definition - as a photographer, videographer, performance & environmental artist and more - everything he does he conveys a sense of touching the mystery...
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