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Lumonics Light and Sound Gallery, 800 E. 73 Avenue, #11, in Denver, Colorado, is the latest embodiment of a theme initiated decades ago by married artists Mel and Dorothy Tanner. It began in 1969 when Mel had a transformative experience after seeing light flash off a plane passing overhead. He then dedicated himself to exploring the consciousness raising aspects of light in his art. "It really brought something out in him."
It was the sixties, and the two felt more comfortable hanging out with countercultural college students than representatives of their own generation. "We worked with other mediums, metal, glass, you know, but once we discovered acrylics and light, nothing else was good enough."
Mel Tanner passed away in 1993, but Dorothy has continued their work. She was dancing around ecstatically all night among all the glowing idols and fractal film strips created by herself and Marc Billard when I first went there a few months ago, telling me at one point, "You have to understand, my purpose with all the art I make is to get people high."
"High?"
"High. Stoned. An altered state induced by the environment."
"Okay," I agreed.
"This is a venue that allows people to have transformative experiences."
Now THAT's hospitality.
She drew my attention to a painting on the wall. "That's a chakra piece, there."
I pulled down my collar. "Which chakra is this?"
"I'm sorry, my eyes-"
"I have a scar right here on my throat," I pointed. "I'm just wondering what that chakra's called."
"Well, it's the throat chakra."
"Oh, okay. Do you know what it stands for?"
"Well, you have to understand, most of my relationship to the chakras has been based on colors-as an artist."
"Aesthetic effect."
"Right."
"Okay. So what does this piece mean to you?'
"I'd rather not explain the art," she said, making an emphatic gesture with her fist. "I'd rather have you write about what it says to you." She apologized for not being more forthcoming, and I told her not to worry, I didn't like explaining my writing to people, either, and it was a pleasure to talk to her.
Dorothy Tanner was there last night, too. "You remember me? Zack Kopp?"
She took me into a hidden back chamber and showed me two works in progress-one was a striking blue cat shape called, "Slim Cat", the other a prickly, red bristle of flames. "I'm asking everyone to choose a name for that one."
"Blossom," I suggested.
"Blossom?"
"Yeah, 'cause it's fire, of course, but you don't need to say that in the name."
"Well, it does look rather organic."
A woman named Sienna rang bells and singing bowls around my head while I stared into a lit sculpture full of bubbling water meant to transport me out of this universe into another. "That was very refreshing," I told her. "Still in the same universe, but it's better." She gave my friend Ellen the same treatment. "I saw into the universe's ear!" joked Ellen, and later showed me how to look through the sides of some light paintings at other works of art across the room, "like a kaleidoscope." She started dancing like a beam of jagged moonlight when the DJ started, her body a long swirling ripple around and around.
Dorothy says the direction Lumonics will take is changeable. Plans are in the works to host spoken word at the venue starting in November, and "church without religion" The Red Door is moving its meetings on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month to Lumonics until a more suitable venue is found. "People in Colorado are more spiritually-oriented than in Florida, " says Dorothy, "where we had a studio for several years."
According to Barry Raphael, who Dorothy says joined the troupe circa 1972, the most important thing is "letting people know about the three events we do on the 2nd and 4th week of the month. Brett Starr who leads VOYAGERS on Tues. is the DJ for The Red Door, and Valency Gorman who facilitates the Moving Meditation on Wed. also leads the movement segment at The Red Door. And of course, we have our Saturday Evening at Lumonics on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays."
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written by Sienna Russell , November 02, 2009
Hi everyone. I'm Sienna and I play the Tibetan Bowls for Lumonics. I have been participating almost every week for about 3 or 4 months now. I am starting to feel like a guardian to a portal to somewhere else. Everyone has their own unique experiences, but the common thread is the smile when they come back. The smile is so real, its like the mask was removed. Many tell me of their journey. Most have no desire to leave the universe of light, color, water and sound. They do so reluctantly, and then go on to enjoy all the rest of the artwork, the music, the dancing and the drumming. Everyone has enjoyed the evening of relaxing, meditating, dancing and just doing whatever they want.
The artwork by Dorothy and Mark is ammazing! Every week I see things I didn't see the week before. The colors change within the art pieces themselves, and sometimes flash on and off with the music.
I feel so fortunate to have found Lumonics, and love bringing the healing and singing bowls of Tibet to the public.
Put us on your callendar and come check us out every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. Bring your own drums or rattles if you would like to participate in creating the musical experience. Dance with Dorothy and others, or sit and meditate. We supply the environment, you supply the energy and the fun. Like with anything else, what you put into it is what you get out of it.
I hope you come join us!
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