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I have been so mesmerized by plotting star points and creating 3D models of the constellations that I forgot to post the animation for the Bull. Taurus is home to two asterisms closest to Earth, the Pleiades and the Hyades. These star clusters fall within this constellation and are visible to the naked eye. The Bull is a large constellation and can be found in the northern hemisphere’s winter and spring sky. If you are looking for this constellation, find the 3 stars of Orion’s Belt and follow them as they point to a giant star and the brightest in Taurus, Aldebaran, and the Pleiades. ♉️ Bull (Taurus) Apr 20-May 20 . . . #crystalconstellations #bull #taurus #earthsign #constellations #pleiades #hyades #asterism #aldebaran #astrology #zodiac #stars #birthday #may #april #art #prints #giclees #geometricart #sacredgeometry #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_ovZYHFh7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Met up with @jenlewinstudio at @vailmtn @solaris to view the upgraded Light Tree. It is so cool and trippy with its new animated programming and more powerful LEDs. Go check it out!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6iUycHtS1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Data visualization is fun. Happy Friday ✨ . . . #crystalconstellations #constellations #ecliptic #zodiac #starmath #datavisualization #geometricart #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CPb4XSQFsON/?utm_medium=tumblr

Stargazing https://www.instagram.com/p/COllEtmlALx/?igshid=10cha3k03td73

NY will always have my heart. I extended my trip to take in old sights, deep memories, new spots, reinvention everywhere and always energizing and amazing. Even in a pandemic. I enjoyed the quietness of my time. I walked through an empty Times Sq. Saw Calder at Moma, Julie Mehretu at the Whitney. Stayed in my old hood in Chelsea and then East Village. Uptown dinner, downtown, highline...and even made it to Brighton Beach with my bro. Sending lots of healing vibes as we come out of COVID. See you in July NY 🖤 #newyorkcity #iloveny https://www.instagram.com/p/COVQwunFQlS/?igshid=124ks918zzzc6

Plotting and now stringing stars. Taurus, Gemini and Cancer constellations as they would truly be in space by measuring right ascension, declination and light years from earth. Science and art. ✨ . . . #constellations #stars #zodiac #ptolemy #modelmaking #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CN0vH-nFWG1/?igshid=qx7swvm05sp1

This is still happening. People dying from Covid. 564,696 as of Wednesday. 30,224 more deaths since my last post a month ago. It is stunning. Sending love and healing to all who have lost someone this year from Covid or any other tragic happening. ❤️ . . . #pandemic #virus #covid19 #coviddeaths #furedblue #whatflipsyouoff #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CNx9fdaFZv6/?igshid=mauksix4if9a

Really??...another mass shooting just weeks after one in my beautiful hometown of Boulder CO. How can any politician or human think it is ok for people to kill one another and not take action on new controls and laws. I am angry. Fuck guns! . . . #gunreformnow #fuckguns #whatflipsyouoff #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CNvltK1l4lX/?igshid=qxm1r33z47es

I have been researching historical interpretations of constellations dating back to 3rd century BC, and it struck me that many ancient astronomers, mathematicians, historians, geographers and philosophers had interests in astrology. This inspired me to take an online course to learn the foundations of astrology and gain a better understanding of our relationship to the stars from another angle. Today we input dates, times and places into a computer and get a visual output of a chart which shows where the sun, moon, planets and constellations were positioned at the time of birth. However, these calculations are complex and based on spherical trigonometry and geometry. Currently, my brain is trying to process this math of astro navigation as I begin to map the true placement of the stars for my latest art project. In the meantime… the Ram is the first sign in the zodiac and I have been trying to find out why. The non-woo-woo (disclaimer: I love woo-woo) explanation I can find is that when, in 130 BC, Hipparchus discovered the precession of the equinoxes he coined the term “First Point of Aries” which is the location of the vernal equinox and a reference point in our celestial coordinate system. In ancient times the spring equinox, March 21, was considered the beginning of the new year and Aries, the first sign, is therefore that of new beginnings. ♈️ Ram (Aries) Mar 21-April 19 . . . #crystalconstellations #ram #aries #firesign #constellations #astrology #zodiac #stars #vernalequinox #hipparchus #firstpointofaries #birthday #march #april #art #prints #giclees #geometricart #sacredgeometry #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CNTEB7WH5BF/?igshid=1lo1mnf6nrv15

#keithharing @mca_denver simple, expressive. Brings me back to the 80s in NYC 🖤 (at MCA Denver) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMlVthFFH9v/?igshid=e9p1h042px9w

Plotting star points. Backdrop Pleiades. . . . #crystalconstellations #pleiades #pleiadianmagic #pleiadian #seagoat #art #spaceart #boulderart #denverart #carinreichstudios https://www.instagram.com/p/CL-ZxdqlBdZ/?igshid=8j2yngbjw8yx

505,642 COVID deaths reported today. Cases and deaths are down and vaccinations are on the rise. This is good news yet I have been thinking of all the people we have lost and their families and loved ones who mourn. We are experiencing a high level of collective trauma. If you can, take a moment to send love, compassion and healing vibes to all. Don’t underestimate intention- we need to come together to help each other at this difficult time. ❤️🙏🏼✨ . . . #pandemic #virus #covid19 #coviddeaths #furedblue #whatflipsyouoff #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CLvrUfMFYKx/?igshid=wpsiimpw5iqv

Visited Core New Art Space this weekend and was pleasantly surprised to see my work, “Be Like The Lotus” featured in the front of the gallery. Thanks @corenewart 💗 Check out the Love Show exhibition, it runs for one more week. 6851 Colfax in Denver Fri 6-9, Sat 12-4 and Sun 12-4. . . . #crystallove #amitray love #belikethelotus #denverart #westcolfax #carinreichstudio (at Core New Art Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLnY6eel1RA/?igshid=18r4b6v88cj37

Pisces is the Latin plural for fish and is the 14th largest constellation found in the Northern sky. This constellation is not easy to view with the naked eye but is seen as a distant pair of fish connected by one cord joined at a single point. In Roman myth, Venus and Cupid tied themselves with a rope and transformed into fish to escape the monster Typhon.  The second image in this post is "Pisces”, one of the cards in the incredible Urania’s Mirror, first published in 1824 and engraved by Sidney Hall. The card pictured is from the second edition. An extra little fact…Pisces contains the point at which the sun crosses the celestial equator into the Northern Hemisphere marking the vernal equinox around March 20. I have been noticing how much lighter the days are getting. Springtime…here we come!! Feb 19 - Mar 20 you are a Pisces ♓️ . . . #crystalconstellations #fishes #pisces #watersign #constellations #astrology #zodiac #stars #birthday #march #february #art #prints #giclees #geometricart #sacredgeometry #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CLm2pLlFp_d/?igshid=19y6sdcr7d66w

“Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak. Be grateful to the mud, water, air and the light.” ― Amit Ray This 48x48” piece is at the Love Show exhibition that opened Friday night at Core New Art Space, 6851 Colfax in Denver Fri 6-9, Sat 12-4 and Sun 12-4. The show runs through Feb 28th. . . . #crystallove #amitray #belikethelotus #denverart #valentinesday #valentine #westcolfax #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CLSH3yul7ZY/?igshid=1xucxxpvjv10w

Commemorating the beginning of the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Ox, I would like to celebrate one of my most important artistic influences, Ai Wei Wei. Not only is @aiww one of the most brilliant and relevant artists of our time, he is a legendary activist. I have been working with the Zodiac in many forms for over 30 years and Ai seems to be a kindred spirit in his desire to depict the Zodiac in varied forms. In May 2018 Wei Wei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads came to Denver. He recreates the famous twelve bronze animal heads that once adorned the Zodiac Fountain in Yuan Ming Yuan, the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Cast around 1750, the original heads were looted by Anglo-French troops who destroyed the Palace in 1860 during the Second Opium War. Seen in the first picture is the Ox. In December 2018 I visited Zodiac, an exhibit at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in Los Angeles. The center of the space was filled with 5,929 wooden stools from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties and the Republican period, gathered from villages across northern China. Complementing the stools are the Zodiac works composed from thousands of plastic LEGO bricks. The image on the left is the Ox. During this strange year of isolation and introspection I find myself writing random poetry. In honor of the Year of the Ox here is one entitled ROX: I walk the everyday A glimmer of spirit captures A large white ox Taurean magic Shining Blinded I am By ancient illumination What is your message Recovery Fertility Balance I look again A large grey rock Buried in Sanitas bush . . . #aiweiwei #zodiac #circleofanimals #denverart #jeffreydeitchgallery #losangelesart #ROX #yearoftheox #chinesenewyear #carinreichstudio (at Denver's Civic Center Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLNaNE_FYUW/?igshid=1gcrt0oyyd6q9

471,346 COVID deaths reported today. Cases and deaths are down. New variants exist but vaccinations are slowly increasing. This is all hopeful. My parents get their second vaccine on Monday (they are both in their 80s) and I will certainly feel happy and hopeful that I will be able to see them by summer. ❤️ . . . #pandemic #virus #covid19 #coviddeaths #furedblue #whatflipsyouoff #carinreichstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CLKd_5ulwSs/?igshid=1pqmv2v4vdbnk