Everything old is new again.
Or could be with imagination.
I’m happy to announce the remix of Forecast: Astrology through Painting, Poetry & Motion.
In the Way Back Days
Can you remember when cell phones were used to make calls? When we had only cranky dial-up internet? When social media did not exist?
Still with me?
Way back then, Tracy Weil and I collaborated to create Forecast, a groovy art & poetry project. In 2008, Forecast debuted as an art exhibition and book featuring the 12 zodiac signs, each paired with original art and poetry.
The show opened at Weilworks Gallery in Denver, Colorado, long before we had the mass communication tools we now take for granted.
Forecast is now enjoying a re-release with an update that blends paintings and poetry with evocative video.
What Is Forecast?
Using daily horoscopes as a launching point, I tumbled and turned astrological prose into what I call “horoscope poems,” a form that — like a horoscope — directs and suggests.
Complementing the poems are 12 interpretive oil paintings by artist Tracy Weil. In a style that has been called “Dr. Seuss meets Van Gogh,” Tracy paints imagined landscapes where realism and surrealism meet in a colorful world both playful and profound.
As longtime friends, we’ve collaborated for more than 30 years (yikes, we’re old!). Emphasizing adventure and play, we blend forms to create inventive, accessible art. The result is a combination of chance and possibility, the zing of what is and what could be — in art and in everyday life.
The works are sign specific and we encourage you to find your sign. Which one inspires you? A key is included in the back of the book, originally published in 2008 and now available in both print and ebook.
What’s Your Sign?
View Forecast films on Instagram here.
Buy Forecast book, in print or ebook here.
Buy Forecast original paintings here.