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layer but an investigative and carefully orchestrated equanimity. Art must regenerate the sense of well-
evolution of intentional layering. Immersed in a rich being. That is its true purpose.” This regeneration
flow of contemplative and clairvoyant thought, Gagic of well-being is a central theme in Gagic’s method,
moves through a process of mark-making with brush rooted in the esoteric rather than the exoteric world of
and paint, stepping back and pressing in again until things and strategies designed to make us feel better
the intended image reveals itself. This deeply personal or safe. Gagic strives to stand on the magical horizon
process invites viewers to participate in the images where the rules of nature and the mystical unknown
she creates, magnifying their well-being through an converge, creating conditions for well-being to be
encounter with something that opens them to the reanimated in the viewer’s experience.
intuition of a greater Whole. Additionally, the “Small Worlds” series by Wassily
One of the significant influences on Gagic’s artistic Kandinsky (1922) has inspired Gagic’s attraction to
life and practice is the Transcendental Realist artist, the complexity/simplicity paradox. Kandinsky’s work
Adi Da Samraj. His philosophy on the function of harmonizes mathematical aspects with emotional
art resonates deeply with Gagic’s intentions. Adi Da understanding, bringing a joyful sense of something
Samraj asserts that “True Art heals, True Art restores beyond the images themselves.
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