Against a barren landscape in California High Desert a 70 year old shack
has faithfully stood. Sunrise after sunrise, cool nightfall after
nightfall, everyday the same…until that is, it met up with Phillip K Smith III.
He calls it Lucid Stead. Rocking this little cabins world, the artist
covered its mortar in mirrors giving the illusion that the cabin is
see-through. Crazy colorful lights fill the window and door frames as
dusk comes over the still horizon. The artist explains, “When you slow
down and align yourself with the desert, the project begins to unfold
before you. It reveals that it is about light and shadow, reflected
light, projected light, and change. One might see blue, red, and yellow…
But looking down and walking ten feet to a new location reveals that
the windows are now orange, purple and green".