The Door of Perception
When it comes to Henri Gaston Giraud (1938 — 2012) aka Gir, aka Moebius it’s hard to make a choice what to present. His body of work is so huge and versatile. To me there’s no other artist more formative of what we call science-fiction and the fantastic.
This selection focuses on his black & white work. Just see it as a hint to dive more into his world.
Oscar Reutersvärd is widely acknowledged as the father of the impossible figure.
This little chapter from The Center of the Cyclone by John C. Lilly turned out to be a piece of wisdom that stood the test of time.
After so much exploring the inner worlds and energetic realms, back to matter.
Traveling south, being outdoors and reading Hesse goes well together.
And I’m realizing again how deeply this man talks to me.
The woodcut prints of Tom Killion speak of a deep love for the landscape, a passion for the poetics of…
a documentary about refreshingly open-minded scientists, growing old but staying curious and a beautiful love story. ah wait… and psychoactive substances.
If the human being is the only animal that knows it lives in time, the movie is about that knowledge, a modern fairy tale about the nature of being alive.
Rimantas Dichavičius is a photographer and illustrator from Lithuania. In this book he confronts the female nude with pictures of nature.
End Time City is Michael Ackerman’s radical portrayal of the Indian city of Benares, the holy City of Light on the shore of the Ganges.
Phyllis Galembo‘s pictures reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa.
Today I woke up with a longing for color and the jungle. So I knew it’s time for Henri Rousseau.…
Franciszek Starowieyski liked to think of himself as a draftsman from the 17th century. The lushness of form and erotic exuberance is truly Baroque.
Despite their brief existence, snowflakes are a testament to the limitless creativity woven into the fabric of the natural world.
This talk really has it in it. So much truth in so simple words. Here’s more of him.
Noguchi fought for the reintegration of the arts toward some purposeful and social end, and nowhere was this more apparent than in its playground designs.
Andujar’s legacy is a shining example of art and activism coming together as one.
I was told it’s a pity that DOP is such a men’s club. And it’s true, the feminine is underrepresented.…
Robert Gordon Wasson was an international banker, amateur mycologist, and author. It was him who reintroduced the ‘divine mushrooms’ to the West.
These pictures are a marvelous way to depict the infinite pool of our imagination.
For more than forty years, Arno Rafael Minkkinen has been photographing his body immersed in nature. What you see happening in the image happened in front of the lens.
