La Planète sauvage (Fantastic Planet) is a classic of surreal animation. But it’s far more than just dazzlingly beautiful and disturbing, it holds thought-provoking ideas to contemplate on.
Phillip Stearns
High Voltage Image Making
The series investigates the effects of high voltage and household cleaning products on instant pull apart color film.
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.
Yoga
Being whole
This post is a reminder to myself: “Do Yoga. It’s good for you!” I was introduced to Ashtanga once and since then I know that I should follow this path.
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…
Alexander Ross
The primordial cell
Alexander Ross’ hyper worlds of cellular growth and green towering vines are one of a kind.
R. Gordon Wasson
Seeking the Magic Mushroom
Robert Gordon Wasson was an international banker, amateur mycologist, and author. It was him who reintroduced the ‘divine mushrooms’ to the West.
Julia Turk
Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea
I have always been drawn to things I found suggestive but couldn’t understand. The tarot is such a theme that speaks to my imagination but I can’t explain what it really is.
Ana Noble
Third Eye Visions
I’m aware of Ana Noble and her life at the navel of the moon (Mexico City) since I discovered her flickr stream many years ago.
Vipassana
Meditation
Isn’t it wonderful that the revelation of the psychedelic experience only confirms buddhist teachings.
Alphachanneling
Utopian Erotic
Dive into a lush erotic jungle of entangled bodies and divine pleasures.
Pablo Amaringo
Shaman and painter
Amaringo’s paintings give a good impression of the quality of an ayahuasca vision. Pablo César Amaringo Shuna was born in…
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.
Hirō Isono
Into the Depths of the Sacred Forest
There is a small group of painters who are able to invoke nature’s serene magic. Isono is one of them and his love for the forest is very tangible.
Eric Gill
Lovers & Saints
Often summarized as graphic artist, Eric Gill was a sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker.
Malcolm Kirk
Man as Art
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.
Richard Feynman
The pleasure of finding things out
Richard Feynman is one of those rare scientists who win you over with more than their titles and awards.
Jonathan Zawada
Metamathemagical
On these grounds, all perception is a gamble. A meta-level is always just around the corner, and Zawada’s hyperreal imagery is a vivid glimpse into an expanded perceptual bandwidth.
Philip Kirkland
Energy Ecstasy and your Seven Vital Chakras
There is already another post about Philip Kirkland but these images I’ve just found deserve to stand alone.
Walter Spies
The Edge of Heaven
The image of Bali as a place of great physical beauty laced with a mysterious spirituality has its origins in the works of a small circle of bohemian expats in the 1930, of whom Spies was the most influential.
Franciszek Starowieyski
The Opulence of Demise
Franciszek Starowieyski liked to think of himself as a draftsman from the 17th century. The lushness of form and erotic exuberance is truly Baroque.
