Counter Culture Art in Southern California-8

A visit to the Imperial Valley near the Salton Sea, in south eastern California, reveals a few off-the-beaten-track artistic wonders, and an offering of insights into counter culture living. This corner of the world speaks to the universal human need to create and it expands one’s world view to include life styles and artistic expressions that are rarely encountered and that provide a critical reflection of the “real world” and it’s endless contradictions, limitations, and delusions.

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What is art? Who is an artist? Who decides?

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Steffen Lovell

Photographer of no renown.

Native California plant gardener.

Aptos, California- Santa Cruz County

Retired school administrator.

Lover of bicycle touring. May it last a bit longer.

Role models- Christ, Buddha, Rama Krishna, Mother Earth.

Seeker of freedom and greater compassion.

https://sblovellphoto.net
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