ine ▁Light ▁Mission ▁ ▁Em iss aries ▁of ▁Div ine ▁Light ▁ ▁Div ine ▁Light ▁Academy ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Light ▁of ▁God ▁( disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁James ▁Se aw right ▁( 1 9 3 6 ▁- ▁) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁modern ist ▁sculpt or . ▁ ▁Se aw right ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Jackson , ▁Mississippi . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁boy , ▁he ▁discovered ▁machine ▁tools ▁at ▁a ▁friend ’ s ▁house , ▁which ▁launched ▁his ▁lif el ong ▁love ▁of ▁making ▁objects ▁by ▁hand . ▁ ▁Later , ▁when ▁serving ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Navy , ▁he ▁purs ued ▁every ▁available ▁opportunity ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁new ▁tools ▁and ▁materials , ▁gravit ating ▁toward ▁the ▁machine ▁shop ▁on ▁his ▁ship ▁and ▁the ▁h ob by ▁sh ops ▁on ▁the ▁base , ▁where ▁he ▁made ▁furn iture . ▁ ▁Life ▁When ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁Se aw right ▁pro w led ▁Canal ▁Street ▁for ▁the ▁electronic ▁parts ▁that ▁pro l ifer ated ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁ ▁In sp ired ▁by ▁the ▁Bau haus ▁movement , ▁which ▁he ▁said , ▁“ was ▁doing ▁revolution ary ▁things ▁with ▁light ▁even ▁before ▁the ▁war ,” ▁he ▁realized ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁“ use ▁modern ▁electron ics ▁and ▁controlled ▁technology ▁to ▁apply ▁to ▁sculpt ure .” ▁ ▁Se aw right ▁became ▁a ▁pione er ▁of ▁interactive ▁sculpt ures , ▁using ▁mirror s ▁and ▁electronic ▁components ▁in ▁his ▁work . ▁ ▁Mir ror ▁XV , ▁in ▁the ▁collection ▁of