The High Museum of Art in Atlanta recently hosted a collection of works by the Dutch designer, Iris Van Herpen (“IVH”) (Iris Van Herpen: Transforming Fashion). The show was diverse and complex and I am grateful I was able to make it to the museum before it closed earlier this month. I was immediately inspired to write about it. Interestingly, the process of writing opened up a whole new way of looking at my own work. Before I returned to my modest exertions in the studio though, I recorded these thoughts and observations about the exhibition. **** Point of beginning: …