Show Two | 04.17.2026
Milo Elliot
PAINTING & DRAWING
Step into a space that was allowed to sprout without interference. The world you see
built itself, brick by brick and vine by vine.
This fantastical realm was born while I was browsing my desktop for photos to collage
with. My glasses were off, and the tiny thumbnails began to distort into new images. For a
moment, an unusual image of a baby being baptized appeared more like the gaping mouth of a
dragon. Since then, I have been squinting at the world- gathering images to intentionally view
"wrong". Some are many-headed birds and some are faceless hippocampi, and all of them are
mystical. The urge to intentionally misperceive and mythologize is likely due to the current
climate and the desire for escapism we all share: the vibrant foliage of a unicorn’s grove cannot
harm us. The rocky steppes where dragons nest hold no danger.
I believe blurring the world is the only way to endure it right now. Imagination is not the
type of protest that dismantles tyrannies or obliterates bigots, but a moment of reprieve can be
valuable too. Squinting until something kinder comes into focus nourishes your will to live– and
you must live to fight another day.
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