The Door of Perception
Often summarized as graphic artist, Eric Gill was a sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker. He is associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement.
I only knew of him as a typographer and I was more than surprised when I discovered his drawings of lovers. And even more so because of the odd pairing with Christian imagery. I don’t know if he had sex with his dog or kids like some biographers claim, but I like his stroke.
From detached gaze to initiatory knowledge: Verger is a true messenger between worlds.
I just had an experience that left me totally overwhelmed. I went to my first group session of Holotropic Breathwork…
Drawings from Philippe Caza‘s Hydrogenesis.
To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness.
This is a simple yet powerful method for clear, empathic communication beneficial for all of us.
Joth Shakerley is following the Rainbow Family for over twenty years. The pictures he brought back are beyond words.
The publication uses AI to mash up ages, geographies and traditions, creating virtual artifacts indistinguishable from historical records.
The Light of Asia is a famous narrative poem that tells the life and time of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who after attaining enlightenment, became the Buddha.
I love Benoit Paillé’s unusual and sensationally effective way to work with light and color.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist who is considered the father of modern neuroscience.
These photographs capture a split second of a transient state. Just gaze into unfolding space.
Toshio Saeki is a psychosexual dream weaver, a grand master of mixing myth, that dream quality and pure libido.
The term Ama literally means ‘women of the sea’, as women were always the preferred divers in Japan.
Each picture reveals minute features and textures that are normally invisible to the naked eye.
Surrealism based on studies of psychology, religion, the Bible, astrology, antiquity, magic, witchcraft, mythology and occultism.
I hesitated to make this post because what it reveals is a rather weird presentation of human desire. But ultimately…
Landscape topographies derived from graph data were modeled in 3D and then oil paintings created from those 3D renders.
Jacob Kirkegaard‘s photo series Nagaras 1 and 2 explores a sonic phenomenon which only occurs in a few deserts around…
Richard Mosse‘s infrared photography makes you think about the very act of perception.
Traveling south, being outdoors and reading Hesse goes well together.
And I’m realizing again how deeply this man talks to me.
