Prophetic Art & Spiritual Creativity
Steven Maranto

Anastasiia's Dream: Embracing the Chaos

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Now then this has been one of those wow moments for me..I sometimes find these when I am just put-zing around my studio.. so with this one I was just experimenting with some sponges and diluted acrylic inks..I started on a canvas and found the colors did not absorb well..so I switched to paper..as per usual,I often photograph my work and like to use a invert color filter in an app I use..and then there you have it..the last photo is actually the original..as I stated the other 2 are reversed color.. so in my mind I do not really care about the anti AI agents here..I think in this case the work speaks for itself.. welcome to those who would like to decide which view is better, or more pronounced.. for the original, as the title suggests, I just embraced the chaos of the moment..then surprise.. I get this result..for me, I believe this may by a newer type of style for me and will be working with it.. Thanks, enjoy.

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Tavares GibsonJul 1, 2026

That inverted view hits different. The way those sponge marks translate when you flip the palette, there's a depth the original doesn't have, like you're seeing through water instead of across it. I've had moments like that in the darkroom, reversing a contact sheet and suddenly the whole composition clicks. The chaos thing works because you weren't steering too hard. Paper was the right call, canvas would've fought you.

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Malcolm TurcotteJul 1, 2026

I keep coming back to that middle one, the inverted version with the cooler tones. There's something about how the chaos settles into those blues and greens that reads completely different from the warm original. I've had moments like that in the field where I bracket exposures just to see what happens in post, and sometimes the "mistake" exposure ends up being the keeper. The original has that loose energy you were after, but the inversion gives it structure somehow, like the randomness found a pattern it didn't know it was making.

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Steven MarantoJul 1, 2026

thanks for the comments from all so far..this would be the second of the series.. a little different as i am using the randomness of color as a background.. this one is more geared towards reflecting interconnections amongst the chaos in background.. still experimenting and have a third i have shared in works in progress..now if you are Rolling Stones fan you might just view this as a happy accident..lol..but sometimes they are the best..

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