Heinz Edelmann‘s illustrations really made a lasting impression on me as a child. His distinct style seemed all-around and I remember one picture book in particular: Andromedar SR1 (published 1970).
Alexander Ross
The primordial cell
Alexander Ross’ hyper worlds of cellular growth and green towering vines are one of a kind.
Emilie Conrad
Continuum Movement
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.
Marshall Rosenberg
Nonviolent Communication
This is a simple yet powerful method for clear, empathic communication beneficial for all of us.
Michael Wolf
Architecture of Density
Michael Wolf’s view of these towering facades confronts us with a brutality that feels unreal — a world I almost can’t believe is the one I’m living in.
Nick Brandt
The Day May Break
Chapter I & II
The Day May Break is an ongoing global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction.
Valdir Cruz
Faces of the Rainforest
The Brazilian-born photographer Valdir Cruz has lived in the United States for more than thirty years, yet much of his…
Henry David Thoreau
Walden, or Life in the Woods
“The American literature doesn’t have a more beautiful and more profound book than Walden” commented Hermann Hesse. And I knew…
Hasui Kawase
The Quality of Light
Especially the persistent interest in depicting light characterizes the dreamlike atmosphere in the woodblock prints of Hasui Kawase
Vaka Valo
Dream Diaries
Schematic illustrations scanned from instruction manuals turned into unsettling nightmares. He achieves a dreamlike other-worldliness only reached by few artists.
Adrian Fisk
Until The Last Oak Falls
A book of unseen photographs documenting the early days of the British direct action environmental movement from 1995—1999.
Robert Beatty
Keep it surreal
Robert Beatty’s artworks are exceptionally peculiar and seem impossible to pin down.
Kogi Wisdom
A Book of Balance
The Kogi hold a unique position; on a bloodstained continent they alone have never been conquered, and have succeeded in preserving their four thousand year old understanding of the world.
Thomas Shearer
Galaxies frozen in time
Thomas Shearer’s main focus is on agate and I spent hours browsing his vast collection. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Stanislav Grof
Holotropic Breathwork
I just had an experience that left me totally overwhelmed. I went to my first group session of Holotropic Breathwork…
Raffaello Ossola
Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea
The subject of Swiss painter Raffaello Ossola is consistent. He paints gateways into an ethereal realm.
The Last Honey Hunter
of Nepal
Deep and dark, this film glides through a misty world of forest spirits, dreams, and psychotropic honey.
Renzo Martens
Enjoy Poverty
Renzo Martens’ Enjoy Poverty is one of the most provocative films that have been circulating the art world since its release in 2009.
Hofmann’s Potion
The history of LSD
When the substance revealed itself to Albert Hofmann in 1943 he took on the responsibility and changed the world.
Kohei Yoshiyuki
The Park
I hesitated to make this post because what it reveals is a rather weird presentation of human desire. But ultimately…
Augustin Lesage
The voices you heard were real
In 1912, the pitface miner Augustin Lesage heard a voice telling him that he was going to become a painter…
