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Breathe. And Leap
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 24 x 1 inches
$2,900
Imagine climbing a wall 63 feet. 25,000 people below charging you with frenetic energy. Projecting their own fears onto you. You reach the top. Adrenaline swells up in your chest and in between your ears, inside your mind space, as you walk out onto the platform, 15 feet beyond the rock jetty, 5 feet more on the platform, open to the elements. 63 feet in the air. A westerly breeze licks your neck.
Xantheia Pennisi, the youngest Red Bull cliff diver, is an alchemist.
She transforms fear into calm. She believes in her trained muscle memory to twist artfully at 85 kph, and land absolutely vertically 63 feet below.
At this moment, at the end of the platform, on her tip toes, she summons extreme mindfulness.
"Breathe," she whispers. "And Leap. "
Into the Blue
Into the Blue
Acrylic on Wood Panel
10x22
$1,462.50
It’s 2002 and I’m on the 28th floor. The artist in me feels wasted and constrained in my glassed-in corporate law firm help desk job near Faneuil Hall. 'It's ok. Do your art on the side. This job is temporary,' I tell myself.
10 years in, I want to dive into something new, but I don’t know what.
Cue the Red Bull Cliff Diving tournament. Cliff divers not only confront their fear of diving 90 feet down into the harbor but they make a scary jump feel fun!
I make a High Diver painting to hang in my office as a reminder to make a career-changing high dive.
What do I jump into?
Putting my art on a Billboard in Times Square!
Hosting The Visionary’s Journey podcast!
Every project is a practice in refining my dive.
For the whole juicy story go here: http://www.falcignofoto.com/CliffDiving
Molly Carlson Finds her Wings
Acrylic on Canvas
16x20"
$1,760
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