(Photo courtesy of Frank Wilczek)

The "Bruce Munro: Sonoran Light" exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.

The desert has often been associated with mystery and the unknown. Many people have come here for some sort of spiritual awakening — and sometimes your mind just gets blown. That’s what happened to MIT physicist Frank Wilczek when he saw the Bruce Munro Sonoran Light exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden.

We talked with Wilczek about his experience.