Meet Seffa Klein
As a young child growing up in northern Arizona, artist Seffa Klein (b.1996) would gaze at the star-studded night sky with a deep sense of wonder. As a student at UCLA, she studied astrophysics and art, recognizing the inherent harmony that exists between the two disciplines. As a professional artist, her multidisciplinary practice includes paintings composed with elemental metals, sculptures built with her SK Brick, drawing, installation, writing, and music.
Seffa Klein
Beauty is an emergence marked by the experience of being unable to fully capture it with the aperture or finite attention of the human gaze. This experience … is greater than what we are able to comprehend in any one moment. It therefore always exceeds us in either time, space, or both. — Seffa Klein
Klein plays with scale in her work, from vast planetary models of astronomy and astrophysics to the microscopic dimension of quantum mechanics. Her art has been exhibited in solo and group shows from Los Angeles to New York City, and is dedicated to envisioning “beautiful new ideologies, structures, and shapes, both physical and internal, for humanity’s uplifted future.”
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Awaken Awe
Series of Talks
TALK 1: The Nature of Awe
Mitra Mark Power
What is the nature of awe? Mitra Mark Power will open our series with a teaching and exploration of awe, and methods to build a pathway into its nature.
TALK 2: Opening to Awe Through Storytelling
with Laura Simms
Stories have the power to heal and transform. Laura Simms will guide us, with her cutting-edge performance style, as we learn how storytelling can help us open our hearts to awe.
TALK 3: We Don’t Need What’s Awesome
with Chapman To
Learning the formula for finding awe is easy, while doing so is not. With humor and joy, actor and meditation instructor Chapman To will challenge us to question whether we truly need something awesome in life.
TALK 4: The Miraculous Fabric of Life
with Mimi Zhu
Sharing their own journey, Mimi Zhu will explore with us the intersections of love and fear through the healing power of writing and nature, and how to notice the miracles of intimacy and of everyday life.
TALK 6: The Peaks and Valleys of Awe
with Matt Fioretti
As an alpine climber of the world’s highest peaks, and as a survivor of the depths of a life-threatening diagnosis, Matt Fioretti’s life story offers us a clear guide on how to turn the experience of awe into a pathway.
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