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ou have to use your brain to appreciate the art of David Anson Russo. A simple glance is likely to envoke some admiration
for the design and style of his intricate and stimulating creations.
But to truly appreciate them, you must
get involved. Russo wants to take you through a winding, twisting maze of decision-making
guaranteed to both stimulate and boggle your mind. His art is not complete without your
participation.
Part inventor, part artist, Russo calls himself
the Mazemaster™. In the past several years he has created over 400 challenging mazes, fulfilling
a lifelong desire to take people on a journey that they have never traveled before.
"If you look at the scientist as someone who
brings the world to a new place and is constantly questing to find the answer, to find the reason,
it's exactly like a maze," said Russo recently in a telephone interview from his home in Maui,
Hawaii. "It's a quest whether it be in the soul or the Petrie dish."
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Russo's mazes are included in "It's All in
Your Head," an exhibit about the brain that opens Friday at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
One of Russo's mazes, created specifically for the exhibit is shaped like a brain and delineates
its various sections.
The New York native will appear at the museum
Friday and Saturday to create giant mazes that he will challenge visitors to solve in less time
than it takes him to draw them.
Russo believes that all people are born with
the mental tools to solve his mazes, but that many will give up before they have finished.
"In our culture, we don't have the persistence
and patience to go and start and finish something. We want instant gratification and I use that
psychologically in the mazes. I'll put the trail right in front of you and you never see it,"
he said.
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