IF YOU ARE ROLLING WITH HERNAN BAS, YOU ARE FAR FROM STUPID. THE 305S FAVORITE SON HELPED WIN HIS GALLERIA BEST BOOTH AT ABMB. SO HOW DO YOU SAY SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK (OR PAINTBRUSH) IN SPANISH? BECAUSE THATS EXACTLY WHATS UP
HERNAN BAS PAINTINGS EVOKE A STRONG SENSE OF HALLUCINATION. BUT TALKING ABOUT HALLUCINATION IS DISMISSIVE, AS IT IMPLIES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING NOT REAL, WHEN YOU CAN BE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING HYPER REAL. TEENAGE EMOTIONAL STATES EVOKE A SIMILAR SENSE OF HYPER REALITY & PSYCHODRAMA. NOW IMAGINE BEING TRAPPED IN THAT STATE FOREVER. ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER, THE FEELINGS OF ADOLESCENT AWKWARDNESS & ANXIETY REPLACED BY SOMETHING FAR MORE TEMPERED & RESILIENT. YET THOSE VIVID MEMORIES WILL REMAIN.
SOMEWHERE IN AN ENCLAVE IN THE EVERGLADES A PREPARATION IS BEING MADE. IN SECRET FRIENDS CONVENE TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN, ANIMALS WATCH PENSIVELY AS OUTSIDERS ENACT STRANGE RITUALS. AT AN AGE WHERE RELATIONSHIPS VERGE ON TELEPATHIC, WHEN SNEAKING OUT WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND IS MORE PARAMOUNT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THE GLOW OF IPHONE SCREENS ATTRACT FLYING INSECTS IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, WHERE THE SOUNDTRACK THAT PLAYS IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SONG.