Trance sails around me
Draped in the gossamer of the bay
An indigo invocation
The turquoise fabric too fragile yet
Ruptures the screen
Canvases hung in fluid waiting
Swing from peak to valley
Like an emotion
Flavoring the atmosphere
Is an iridescent sheen
As aquatic clearing sets the stage
For dream logic to take hold
Where subconscious programming
Bound to encircle itself and burst
A chrysalis slowly expanding
Sees the world as foretold
In a kaleidoscope
The splendor of a solar lily
Born on the horizon
Of Jonny Niesche’s artist blessing.
Within the purple soul
There is white light efflorescence
How to metamorphose the being
Vibrating skins blossom and take flight
Monarch Barbie speaks the same
Disarming language as Starman Figurine
In a love affair of the lunar kind
Is an experience, a need
Quiescent rays of longing that
Spanned the miles and breathed this air
Sparkling with tangerine essence
As inspiration and an open heart
Is minted with raspberry neon ice
Where the work engaged the setting
And surrounded the persona
In a three-way blaze.
With radiant irrationality
Imposing no memory but
Caressing the filaments
Of which rise up from the cracked earth
As the third eye
Glides the surface of identity
Beckoning to free the spirits
As they were
Duality of psyche
Embalmed without reverence
Summons the energies of higher selves
A dream forever
I learn by over-stimulation
As it surrenders
In fortified power to time.
Jonny Niesche — Michael Staniak, Total Vibration, The Hole
Jonny Niesche, Total Vibration (Stardust Blue), 2021;
Jonny Niesche, Astral Sphere for Pierre La Roche, 2021;
Persona 1: Supriya Lele twist top, Supriya Lele tailored trousers, Panconesi green resin hoop earrings, Puppets and Puppets resin platform
Jonny Niesche, Starman Figurine From The Motion Picture, 2021;
Persona 2: Poster Girl Charlotte dress, Panconesi crystal upside down hoop earrings, Panconesi anemone ring, Steve Madden signal slide
Jonny Niesche, Kansai Schwartzkopf (Red), 2021;
Jonny Niesche, Skin Intervenes/Pierre La Roche, 2021;
Persona 3: Clan Onda sleeveless mesh top, Clan mesh biker shorts, Panconesi crystal upside down hoop earrings, Panconesi pink resin hoop earrings, Camper Kaah high boot
Makeup by Tomomi Sano, Hair by Ledora Francis, Photographs by Logan Jackson