Phyllis Galembo‘s pictures reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa. These portraits of masqueraders build on Galembo’s work of the past twenty years photographing the rituals and religious culture in Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti, as well as the homegrown custom of Halloween in the United States.
Marc Marcel
DMT & The Meaning
of Life
This talk really has it in it. So much truth in so simple words. Here’s more of him.
J.D. Okhai Ojeikere
Sculptures for a day
J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere’s work captures the intersection of cultural tradition and personal expression.
Phil Kirkland
The psychedelic textbook solution
Back in the early 1970s, Phil Kirkland created surreal textbook illustrations, mostly for psychology and health books.
Alexandra Duprez
The eternal metamorphosis
French artist Alexandra Duprez mentions Australian Aboriginal art as her main inspiration to take up painting.
Tristram Lansdowne
Sci-Fi Islands
Tristram Lansdowne is a Toronto based painter who mainly works in watercolor. I like his futuristic approach of combining architecture with nature.
Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak
Storytelling from borderlands of worlds
Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak is a daredevil with a good eye and the guts to go beyond what meets the eye.
M. C. Escher
Hyperbolic Dreams
Escher reveals a world far away from our general perception of reality, a world of mathematics, a world of abstractions, anticipating deep features of modern day cosmology.
Yudy Sauw
Insect Eyes
Take a close look at insects and remember how inconceivably wild and manifold life shapes on this planet.
De Es Schwertberger
Heavy Light
Over more than fifty years of creating, Schwertberger’s themes and painting style evolve continuously. The path led from a figurative fantastic realism to an almost abstract, process-like creative flow.
Ayahuasca Manifesto
The Spirit and its Planetary Mission
Many people ask me about Ayahuasca and I’m happy to share my experiences and the information I gathered.
The Secret Life
Of Plants
Published in 1973, The Secret Life of Plants was written by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. It is described as…
Mars
A photographic exploration
This book is the best reminder that a computer screen can’t replace the printing quality of a well produced book. The nuances of black are outstanding…
Oscar Reutersvard
The Impossible Figure
Oscar Reutersvärd is widely acknowledged as the father of the impossible figure.
Storm Thorgerson
Taken by Storm
Thorgerson’s metaphorical language to me feels like as if Magritte would have been into photography instead of painting.
Cliff Briggie
Transient states
These photographs capture a split second of a transient state. Just gaze into unfolding space.
Las Pozas
de Edward James
Edward James — described by Salvador Dalí as “crazier than all the Surrealists together” — designed a sculptural dream garden that defies any architectural label.
Paul Laffoley
The visionary
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.
Jonathan McCabe
Generative Flow
I never liked generative art. Until I found Jonathan McCabe. He changed that in an instant.
Gerhard Riebicke
Ways to Strength and Beauty
Gerhard Riebicke’s photography paved the way for the awakening of the Lebensreform movement in the early 20th century.
Tuco Amalfi
The source of light is within
I wanted to make a post about the Brazilian visionary artist Tuco Amalfi for some time already. Now I saw…
