{"id":745,"date":"2025-10-13T01:14:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/?p=745"},"modified":"2025-10-13T01:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:14:46","slug":"red-rocks-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/?p=745","title":{"rendered":"Red Rocks Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The rock formations in Colorado spoke to me earlier last summer. 65 million years old &#8211; you can feel that presence. I&#8217;ve been playing around with materials to see what resonates. And experimenting with ways to layer interpretations of ocular auras along with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocular auras are an unexplained phenomenon associated with migraines.  They present differently for each individual, but for me they appear as wavering crescent rainbows in my peripheral vision.  They last for 10-15 minutes.  Like catching a meteor shower, I literally have to stop whatever I am doing &#8211; teaching, eating brunch with my kids, hiking &#8211; and quietly witness the aural rainbows until they pass.  Take a moment to meditate upon these pieces &#8211; be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161657_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161657_sm-1024x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161657_sm-1024x500.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161657_sm-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161657_sm-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161657_sm.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mind the Rattlesnakes<br>Mixed Media Paper on Canvas<br>15 x 30<br>2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161902_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"603\" data-id=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161902_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161902_sm.jpg 808w, https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161902_sm-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161902_sm-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rock Pile &#8211; Chalk Pastel on Paper 11 x 14 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161831_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"612\" data-id=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161831_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161831_sm.jpg 605w, https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161831_sm-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-08-161831_sm-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ocular Auras Over Red Rocks &#8211; Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 20 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rock formations in Colorado spoke to me earlier last summer. 65 million years old &#8211; you can feel that presence. I&#8217;ve been playing around with materials to see what resonates. And experimenting with ways to layer interpretations of ocular auras along with them. Ocular auras are an unexplained phenomenon associated with migraines. They present &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/?p=745\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Red Rocks Works&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collage","category-painting","tag-mixed-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbpohlman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}