Monday,
December 1, 2014
Alien Like Caves Carved Into The
New Mexico, Photos
Every day for
the last decade, artist Ra Paulette has hiked alone into the sandstone
mesas in northern New Mexico with a wheelbarrow and a backpack filled with
tools. He heads to the sandstone caves and walks inside. But instead of being
greeted with darkness, Paulette's caves are luminous places where the sunlight
pours in thanks to carefully designed and excavated light tunnels, carved by
Paulette himself.
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"Changing the world is a tall order. Art doesn’t attempt to force change
through direct action but to catalyze it by affecting the emotional basis from
which change can occur," he says. His home area of Rio Arriba County,
while filled with good people, has its share of problems, including crime and
violence, drug abuse and suicide. There's also the added tensions that arise
when the white, Latino and Native American populations clash. He hopes that his
caves might, in a small way, serve to bring people together and offer some kind
of peace.
At this time, the caves, still in progress, are not open to the public, though they will be one day. In the meantime, you can take a virtual tour thanks to Paulette's site, or you can check out Jeffrey Karoff's documentary on the caves.
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