Mystic River  Touring Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors feels
like an anatomy lesson on acid. The 21 large-scale paintings
that comprise the permanent exhibit each depict a human being at
a certain stage of construction, beginning in a panel
illustrating the chemical and molecular structure of a body,
with each successive piece adding to the reconstruction of a
person.  The combination of thick, warm, incense-laden air and
crimson-colored walls—which Grey describes as being "the color a
fetus might see when looking through the stretched skin of its
mother on a sunny day"—contributes to the dreamlike atmosphere
in the gallery. The last five paintings in the series are more
abstract, heavily employing mystical symbolism—religious
emblems, chakras, force fields—in an attempt to express the
connection between the tangible physiology of life and the
mystical, spiritual aspects of existence through wildly vibrant
colors rich with movement and bizarre energy. The last three
panels are depictions of religious figu