The Door of Perception
I never liked generative art. Until I found Jonathan McCabe. He changed that in an instant. It was a little revelation and now I feel like learning this magic as well. Jonathan’s mastery of the machine is unmatched in my eyes. He’s able to breathe life into the virtual.
I recommend to visit Jonathan’s extensive flickr stream and his vimeo. There’s much more to discover and most of it is high-res.
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Cacti and succulents are plants with fascinating characteristics. And this series portrays them in the most beautiful way.
Craig Burrows photographs plants and flowers using a type of photography called UVIVF or ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence.
This seminal book by Stanley Keleman explores the notion that physical human shape is interrelated with one’s emotional and psychological reality — mapping the geometry of somatic consciousness.
Richard Mosse‘s infrared photography makes you think about the very act of perception.
Étienne-Louis Boullée is the master of monumental cenotaphs. His most emblematic project is his cenotaph designed for Isaac Newton.
Malcolm Kirk traveled to Papua New Guinea in 1967. He returned repeatedly during the ensuing 13 years, documenting the extraordinary tribal decorations he had observed on that initial trip.
The following drawings are taken from the Wurzelatlas, a book series that began in 1960 and is regarded as the standard work on root research.
Kevin Lucbert draws doors into parallel universes. And he mostly uses the color blue, which obviously fits to DOP. It…
The mere fact that you exist is quite awesome. The way you came into this existence is a unsurpassable miracle hard to believe.
For seven thousand years, the Selk’nam, Yamana and Kawésqar people inhabited the forbidding archipelago of Southern Patagonia.
Keith Rankin is responsible for the sublime artwork of Orange Milk Records.
The term Ama literally means ‘women of the sea’, as women were always the preferred divers in Japan.
He calls himself a cosmic illustrator, visual alchemist and psychonaut. All images are from his left hand.
Asger Carlsen’s pictures make me think about my human form and its range of functions.
Back in the early 1970s, Phil Kirkland created surreal textbook illustrations, mostly for psychology and health books.
The objective of this series was to examine the effect of the elemental forces on the site; and to lift the actual sand off the surface and to fix it in its exact place and shape.
Critical thinking in regard to technology isn’t overworked these days and it can’t hurt to reconsider our current course and if it is leading us towards a prosperous future.
Her paintings speak to us with such a refreshing immediacy, reminding us how wild it is to be alive.
This video from 1998 is one of the last interviews before Terence passed away in April 2000.
Rebel Wisdom uncovers the most rebellious ideas in philosophy, human potential and transcendence to find direction through the chaos of the time.
