Recovering a Visionary Geography
Was there, perhaps, a time when the imagined image actually delivered something—some mysterious fulfillment—of which the vague but persistently promised pseudo-fulfillments offered today are a vague echo?
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Creativity And What Blocks It
from Science, Order, and Creativity In the introduction, a call was made for a new surge of creativity in science. By now it will be clear that such a surge must extend into all areas of human activity if the actual challenge, which has finally revealed itself, is to be met. But does this mean [...]
A Sacred and Visionary Art Primer
Sacred art cannot be delineated as a discreet movement, or genre. Sacred and visionary elements are to be found across the spectrum of art, across all times and places. Visionary art is an expression of profound and mysterious levels of consciousness. And it is ancient, the ‘original art’, whos aim is to continually revive and resurrect a profound respect of mystery within the matrix of culture.
Inspirational Links
www.psychedelicsociety.org Creating a society that lives in the mystery of being. www.realitysandwich.com/ Subjects run the gamut from sustainability to shamanism, alternate realities to alternative energy, remixing media to re-imagining community, holistic healing techniques to the promise and perils of new technologies. The Cracking Tower by Jim DeKorne A modern gnostic scripture of multi-dimensional philosophy Frithjof [...]
Links to Related Projects
http://lepomar.blogspot.com Charting spiritual communities and sacred visionary and symbolist art. www.podcollective.com/ Pod is a way of doing things, a vibe, the place where you create, your art tribe and how you all interact. It is helping, sharing, and interacting as artists, living creatively. www.visionaryrevue.com A project directed by Laurence Caruana. “…Concise as an instrument for [...]
Artists Links
Kuba www.vineofadam.com Maura Holden www.mauraholdenartworks.com Amanda Sage www.amandasage.com
Effing the Ineffable: Reconciling Nonduality in The Doors of Perception and The Joyous Cosmology – Part 1
Tim Hardwick discusses the non-ordinary state of consciousness and insights described within two historically pivotal literary pieces, Alan Watts ‘The Joyous Cosmology’ and Aldous Huxley’s ‘The Doors of Perception’.