Thank you House Of Fire Taos for creating this post! We are watching all the balloon posts from Anchorage!!! ✌🏽🙏🏽 We love U Leslie Elkins, thank U for portraying Tahu, leader of the BlindArchers since U were 17🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 🔃: “Revolt Rising,” the most striking and beautiful balloon to fly today, was designed by the renowned Cochiti Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz. Ortiz created the balloon’s imagery from his “Revolt 1680/2180” series, which reimagines the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 through a futuristic visual language. The central figure is Tahu, a fictional leader of the Blind Archers. Heritage Hotels founder and CEO Jim Long commissioned Ortiz to create the balloon. It is an especially interesting collaboration because Ortiz’s work combines traditional Cochiti pottery and Pueblo history with science-fiction-like characters, fashion, and storytelling. The balloon essentially turns one of his artworks into a seven-story-tall sculpture in the sky. If only more companies turned to more artists...