THE GREAT MIX - Available Original Pieces from Lydia Burris

"The Shifting Lands"
When I was sketching ideas for this, I was imagining a community of beings living in some sort of giant bramble bush, made surreal and shifting by existing on the edges of a dreamspace dimension.
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There are many layers of paint and collage and drawing. There are hidden elements.

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THE SHIFTING LANDS:
Welcome to the shifting lands my friend. We call this particular spot "The Bramble Bush." Did you get here by dream or by delirium? It doesn't matter. It's time for you to pick your house. I live in the tall one on top, beside the two branches reaching to the right. My lights are on, for tonight I plan to stay up all night creating new worlds. I'm just out for a stroll. If you go to the red door, it will bring you inside, to the network of stairs. If you go to the eye, it will bring you outside, to the network of… different kind of stares. The ones where you feel seen. When you are ready to leave, just walk off into the distant green fog. I have no idea what's beyond it. Feel free to climb anywhere you like, and visit any home. Except that one over there in the crook of those branches. Do you see it? Yeah, don't go there. Avoid it if you can. In fact, stop looking at it. Well, anyway… off I go. Enjoy your stay!