For me, Huston Ripley's work reflects the rhythms and trances of the life lived within our subconscious, primal self. This self has its own symbols for the erotic, the terrifying, peacefulness, vengeance and so on, which are expressed by his use of the universal shapes and structures of our naked world. The results are images from unutterable myths happening at all points in time simultaneously. His works are icons to both memory and discovery. I find them both inspiring and engrossing.