In Ringelstetter’s youth he experienced vivid visions of what he perceived to be the future. He often heard voices and felt like he was connected to a certain wavelength as he was meeting people from all over the world that were doing similar things with their art and their lives. However, that all seemed to come to a halt when Ringelstetter was twenty-three. He was working two full time jobs which led him to frequent drinking in order to help him sleep. The drinking continued for about ten years before he decided to tone it down. He has implemented a two drink rule, and because of this he’s been able to “tap back in”. He’s more grounded in his experience now and finds himself surrounded by strong synchronicities. He’s seeing guides and the geometry of the universe once again. He has been enjoying the process of reconnecting with the universe, but he is saddened to know that he once shut all of it off on purpose. He feels that perhaps had he not put the spiritual realm on the back burner he would have been guided a lot sooner and much quicker, but he knows that it’s all part of the process and he embraces where he’s at on his journey now.
While Ringelstetter’s connection to the divine has changed throughout the years, his style has not. The artist has been using the same style since highschool, but has rebranded it every single year for the last fourteen years. It has had many different names but each version has consistent of pattern-based orbs and lines, and that’s what you’ll find in Ringelstetter’s archives, going back decades. The idea behind it is that the energetic realm is right next door, and it’s full of ideas, concepts, music, and magick, and Ringelstetter’s pieces are the illustration of humanity bridging the gap between the realities. As everyone is on “the spectrum” and everyone is different, the orbs and stripes all represent the collective of different people coming and going from the Source of the All. It has been the same idea all of the years, but people who visit his booth see what they need to see.
Darienne Keniece