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Stories that choose you.

the artist

the artist •

Head shot of Bailey Lewis

Experiential & Interactive
Storytelling Art by Bailey Lewis

I live in a world of oracles, where everyday objects whisper stories to me about our collective yet deeply individual human experiences – stories old as time itself, yet as modern as you and me.

For decades, I’ve studied, told, and written stories around global folklore, myths, and mystic rituals that shape the stories we live by to this day. In my work, I am always led to the magic seam that runs beneath the surface of the seemingly mundane.

Everyday oracles and story objects of great fortune

My stories do not stay on the page. They live in the world as cosmic, oracular, and mysterious mixed media story objects placed in site-specific, participatory experiences that are at once public and intimate, experiential and intuitive.

From a constellation of choices - oracles, tiny fortunes, and other unexpected objects - one has a story meant for you in a certain time, a certain space. One that connects to your own life and your own story. You have only to turn the dial, push the button, scan the code, open the envelope: to interact with the object to receive the story that it has for you that day. Trust yourself, and choose.

the work

the work •

The Gumball Machine of Great Fortune

Public art, storytelling art object, mixed media, interactive & experiential art

In the middle of everything, there's a secret for you waiting to be discovered...

The Gumball Machine of Great Fortune is a public art storytelling object that creates an unexpected, mysterious encounter in the everyday world. Those who interact with the machine turn the dial to receive a tiny one-line fortune story, each an original writing by me and chosen for the recipient by the hands of fate and the whims of The Great Gumball.

Public Art Grant Recipient, ArtFields SC 2026

On display at ArtFields: 132 N Acline, Lake City, South Carolina

Found Oracles

Interactive and experiential storytelling, multimedia art, digital collage

Found Oracles interactive storytelling site library page showing the first 12 oracles out of the full library. The page is called Online Pick a Card and says pick a card, any card..png

An oracle has found you and it has a story to share with you today - one meant for you right here, right now because it connects to your own story somehow, some way.

Found Oracles is an interactive storytelling site that features a constellation of surreal and unexpected oracles from the everyday world. Those who interact with the oracles select the card that calls to them from the site’s oracle library. The oracle they select carries an intuitive story that has chosen them as well. When they click their chosen card, its story opens and the oracle speaks.

Your oracle is waiting for you. Trust yourself, and choose.

5,000+ monthly oracle interactions
20k+ followers online

The world of oracles goes IRL! The Found Oracles experience is now available for site-specific, in-person exhibits and programming.
Contact bailey@baileysendsword.com for partnerships and inquiries.

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