An Imaginative Escape

We've said goodbye to another year and while the current outlook might be dire, one must strive to maintain a sense of wonder and optimism. From past and present, fantastic creations love-staking contrived and photographed offer a brief escape from the real world.
The Cottingley Fairies are still an inspiration--it is incredible how the power of imagination allowed two young girls to deceive the world. Their images might not be able to fool us today, but their ability to inspire remains.
Today's vision of fairies, at least according to artist Tessa Farmer, is much more ominous. If these skeletal creatures, which seem to plague the ordinary insects of our world, belong in any story it would be a gothic fairy tale. These beings were not made in order to trick the viewer, but despite their harmless origins there is something very real and believable about their appearance.