The Door of Perception
Take a close look at insects and remember how inconceivably wild and manifold life shapes on this planet. How do these alien creatures perceive the world? It works like this but doesn’t really answer the question.
Yudy Sauw’s macro photograpy of insect eyes are the perfect follow-up to this previous insect post.
The base of Michiel Schuurman’s graphic work is a certain logic – whether natural, scientific or historical. Geeky algorithms, natural…
Lawren Harris was born into one of Canada’s wealthiest families and was destined for a life in aristocratic circles, yet he always felt more at home in the great outdoors.
Étienne-Louis Boullée is the master of monumental cenotaphs. His most emblematic project is his cenotaph designed for Isaac Newton.
Amy Woodward’s tender photographic eye focuses on portraying the experience of early parenthood. A pivotal moment for everybody living through…
Maxfield Parrish captures a light mood in his paintings that feels supernatural and very real and tangible at the same time.
Often summarized as graphic artist, Eric Gill was a sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker.
Richard Mosse‘s infrared photography makes you think about the very act of perception.
I’m totally fascinated by Hannsjörg Voth‘s structures in the Moroccan desert. There is a beautiful book called Stadt des Orion…
The neutral gaze of the machine is becoming an ever-present reality, recording all those moments previously lost in time.
Fractals are a wonderful way of seeing infinity. Their beauty is only secondary after that lesson in perception.
Biosphere 2 was one of the most lauded experiments of the 1990s, then one of the most ridiculed. Now it is back, offering a unique way to put theories about climate and environment to the test.
Amaringo’s paintings give a good impression of the quality of an ayahuasca vision. Pablo César Amaringo Shuna was born in…
Lately I also rediscovered the wholesome experience of being with with a group of strangers who share an intention of love & growth.
Lloyd Kahn is arguably the most influential pioneer of the DIY building movement that emerged in the 1960s.
Laffoley is a visionary painter, designer, futurist & hyperspace cartographer based in Boston. Diving into his world may cause a feeling of dizziness due to an overdose of novelty.
The synchronicity of discovering Esther Teichmann at this moment in my life is striking. I am surrounded by lush nature and the promise of the unknown speaks to me beyond language.
I never liked generative art. Until I found Jonathan McCabe. He changed that in an instant.
Bălaşa paints a unique universe, full of archetypal figures and metaphysical themes. He called it Cosmic Romanticism.
The first stages of embryonic development are roughly the same for all animals, including humans.
Continuum Movement is a dynamic inquiry into what it is to be a human being, providing a method to consciously explore ourself as an unfolding biological and planetary process.
