Apparition Musings

Dean Miller believes an apparition is defined simply as “the sudden appearance of something surprisingly remarkable.”  

Upon experiencing an apparition presented on canvas, the ultimate goal is to activate a part of your mind that you don’t usually access. A swift presence of the unexpected.

Dean Miller

Often the reality of our collective struggle in the human experience is strikingly comparable. When the everyday existence we all work through is considered, apparitions become a sort of bar that is out of reach. We know there is more than what is in front of us, we just have trouble taking the blinders off long enough to see the beauty all around us during the journey.

Tunnel vision creates problems that creativity attempts to solve. Without our most bizarre, our most sterile become our most standard, and the vibrant colours that make us human will fade away into a dull gray background.

Dean Miller

Without an unexpected appearance or an apparition, the predictable will easily become the normal way of doing things. Without distractions we become the scenery, as we march towards a certainty that was always expected. Without the sudden appearance of something surprisingly remarkable, nothing is remarkable anymore.