This world is but canvas to our imaginations

by Lewis Blackwell Director, Lürzer’s Archive

Here we are, about to dive into a book of the fantastical. A book of contrasts, of juxtapositions that stretch the mind. Some of what we will see may be super-real while alternative worlds can be found on other pages. Much of what is here is amusing but some of it is altogether more sobering, even scary; and all of it is full of thinking and skills that are very 21st century and yet can be said to connect back to prehistory in that they have the fundamental essence of cave art in using imagination, memory and drawing skills to communicate in a way that nothing else can. They may be images made with the latest technology but they perform an ancient and definitively human activity: engaging the eyes and the emotions, expressing ideas and telling stories, to stimulate thought, prompt desire, and even construct modern myths, which we may also sometimes call brands.