Terra Incognita

Let Calcutta Surprise You

2012-02-15T01:43:00.000-08:00

Free Marc Emery !

2012-02-13T02:37:00.000-08:00

Marc Emery is a Canadian businessman and political activist who owned and operated Cannabis Culture Magazine, Pot-TV, the BC Marijuana Party, and Marc Emery's Cannabis Culture Headquarters.
He was also the world's most famous marijuana seed retailer and the biggest financial supporter of the marijuana movement world-wide untile the US DEA and Canadian law enforcement arrested him in Canada and shut down Marc Emery Direct Seed in July 2005.
Marc is currently imprisoned in Yazoo City medium-security prison in Yazoo City, Mississippi after being extradited on May 20th, 2010 by the Canadian government. He was sentenced on September 10th in Seattle federal court to 5 years in prison for "distribution of marijuana" seeds, though the US DEA admitted it was actually for his political activism and financing the marijuana movement.
Currently Marc has still 880 days to do until he is Eligible for Early Release.
Please visit Free Marc Emery for futher info and about how to help. There you can also find Marc's address if you want write and show him your support.
And don't miss also Marc's wife Jodie Emery weekly show for the latest news on Marc

Mushrooms and Religion in the New World

2012-02-12T09:21:00.000-08:00

If you're interested in entheoarcheology don't miss this interesting and thorough study about Mushrooms and Religion in the New World before Colombus by archaeologist and Maya researcher Carl de Borhegyi (who also writes something interesting about 2012)

Save the Sacred Site of Wirikuta

2012-02-08T09:52:00.000-08:00

Wirikuta is the Indian Huicholes' sacred site, situated in the mountains of central Mexico. Traditionally the Huicholes make a long and exhausting annual pilgrimage to Wirikuta, a remote desert region where they ritually harvest peyote, the Huicholes' sacrament.
That's a magical place and a millennial tradition now endangered by the incoming digging of a silver mine...

From Reality Sandwich:
The Wirikuta Cultural and Ecological Reserve, located in Real de Catorce, Mexico, is in danger of irreversible due to Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp's planes to mine silver there.
The site is sacred to the Wixarika people (Huicholes' traditional name) who practice their ancient religion in this reserve. The landscape is not only crucial to the lifestyle and culture of the native hinabitants, but it is also home to an immense variety of animal and planet species, some endangered.
Despite the fact that Wirikuta is protected by the World Network of Sacred Sites, the federal government has granted First Majestic Silver Corp the opportunity to mine there.
To help stop this blatant attack on our people and planet, visit the following sites for more information and ways to help out:

http://frenteendefensadewirikuta.org/

http://www.culturalsurvival.org/take-action/mexico/youth-alert

http://miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/the-moment-is-now-save-wirikuta-the-sacred-heart-of-mexico-to-the-national-and-international-civil-society-to-the-native-peoples-of-the-world-to-the-national-indigenous-congress-to-the-mov/

http://vimeo.com/20807832 (video)

The Challenging Art of Charlie Immer

2012-02-08T09:00:00.000-08:00

" My concepts come from my fascination with anatomy and my love of candy and toys. I have so much fun creating the blood and bones of my characters".....(source)
Charlie Immer (1983) is an interesting painter and illustrator living and working in Maryland (USA). His works have been featured in Juxtapoz and HiFructose.
Visit Charlie Immer's website where you can see paintings, prints and follow his blog...

PKD Otaku # 23

2012-02-07T01:58:00.000-08:00

If you're a big Philip K Dick fan like me, don't miss the last issue of PKD Otaku downloadable here
(and see my previous PKD post here)

Addicted to Adrenaline

2012-02-07T01:18:00.000-08:00

See this Russian reckless guy while he takes his doses of adrenaline...Watch till the end...(I've my palms sweating...!)

Fungal Fantastical: The Spirit of Good

2012-02-03T02:00:00.000-08:00

Paul Stamets is a world leading expert of micology and author of seminal books like The Mushroom Cultivator (1983), Psylocibe Mushrooms of the World (1996) and Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms (1996). His latest book is Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World (2005).
Paul Stamets' website

This is a short preview for a documentary about mycology and the work of Paul Stamets by Louie Schwartzberg
(thanks Teleomorph)

Ira Cohen 1935 - 2011

2012-02-02T07:12:00.000-08:00

Ira Cohen was an American poet, publisher, filmaker, photographer and a countercultural icon. In the '60s and '70s he traveled extensively around the world, in particular in India, Nepal and Maroc (he lived in Tangier for 4 years, in the early 1960s.)
In 1981 he returned in New York, but continued to travel, making trips to Ethiopia, Japan and back to India, where he filmed the Kumbha Mela, the greatest spiritual gathering of the world.
Deeply inspired by Hindu and Islamic philosophy and spirituality, Ira was also an expert and a joyous user of hashish in its various forms, in particular the majoon, a powerful Moroccan confection made of cannabis resin, honey, dates, spices and other ingredients. In 1966 he published The Hashish Cookbook.
Get more info about Ira Cohen here

A memorial event for Ira Cohen will be held in New York City on Sunday, Febr. 5th, 2012, 6 pm - 10 pm at the Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street, NYC
For more details please visit Ira Cohen's website

To Live Outside the Law

2012-01-25T01:31:00.000-08:00

"Originally published in 2011 To Live Outside the Law by Leaf Fielding is an autobiographical account of his life leading up to, and his involvement with, the distribtion of Lysergic acid diethilamide (LSD) in Britain during the 1970s. One of a number of people involved who were caught and sentenced by the infamous Operation Julie, this is the first primary account of the events told by an individual not employed by the police force. A constantly poignant and insightful book To Live Outside the Law sheds new life on a period of drug history thus far dominated by establishment values..."

Read more on Psypressuk and read an interview to Fielding here

Thomas Woodruff (The Four Temperaments)

2012-01-21T08:58:00.000-08:00

I often found interesting stuff on my friend Dana's website Shewalkssoftly. Take for example her post dedicated to the artwork of the interesting painter Thomas Woodruff and his show of The Four Temperaments. Read more here and make also a visit to Woodruff's website...

Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms of Nature

2012-01-19T07:00:00.000-08:00

Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919) was a German philosopher, professor, physician, naturalist, biologist and artist. The Pinnacle of his work, Art Forms of Nature, was originally published in 1899 and still is an astonishing record of life on earth. When art and science combine, something sublime can pass to come...
( read more on kuriositas )
click on pix to biggify...

Todd Schorr American Surrealist

2012-01-18T01:37:00.000-08:00

Todd Schorr (1954, New York), pop-surrealist extraordinaire, with an outstanding technique and a wild psychedelic imagination...If you don't know him yet, immediately ran to his eye-catching website for an exciting tour of his magnificent works...
(I also posted something about Todd some years ago...)

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Projections

2012-01-17T08:56:00.000-08:00

44 projectors with a combined brightness in celebration of UAE (United Arab Emirates) National Day 2011. Projection and design by Obscura Digital

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Projections from Obscura Digital on Vimeo.

Yogis of Tibet (2002)

2012-01-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

In Yogis of Tibet, a 2002 documentary by Jeffrey M. Pill, for the first time the reclusive and secretive Tibetan monks agree to discuss aspects of their philosophy and allow themselves to be filmed while performing their ancient practice...

Sense of Flying

2012-01-11T04:11:00.000-08:00

What's it like flying down a mountain at 250 Km/h? Espen Fadnes - The World's Fastest Flying Human Being 2010 - teamed up with Project Managers Goovinn to communicate the experience of flying. Sense of Flying came out of the collaboration.
Total adrenaline...Crazy...!
( please see on wide screen...)

SENSE OF FLYING from Goovinn on Vimeo.

The Amazing Strange Art of R.S. Connett

2012-01-09T07:59:00.000-08:00

I posted about the astounding artist Robert Steven Connett almost exactly one year ago.... Now, after receiving other few Connett's exciting pictures from a friend, I like to point him out to you once again... If you like what you see below (and you do appreciate the macabre art of surreal artists like HR Giger), please visit Connett's website to further titillate your ocular globe, get info about the artist, buy prints, etc. You can also sign up for the newsletter there...

Terra Incognita's Reggae Top List 2011

2012-01-04T10:07:00.000-08:00

I know that it's often difficult and sometimes useless to make a reasonable and objective list of "the best of" something, nonetheless I try to list the Terra Incognita's Best Reggae Albums of 2011. Please consider it just a suggestion and let me know your own choice if you like and/or have one...
Here is the list in complete casual order :

Stephen Marley / "Revelation pt. 1: The Root of Life"

A great, inspired roots reggae album by Bob's talented son Stephen, probably my preferred one among his heirs...If you loved Bob and like the genre, don't miss it and you'll not be disappointed...Great songs and great sound...

The Twinkle Brothers / "Gift of Jah"

The Twinkle Brothers, a great historical (and in some way underrated) reggae band with an incredibly long career. If you like the most mystical roots reggae, get their fascinating latest album Gift of Jah, then spark a good one, put your headphones on and go....

African Head Charge / "Voodoo of the Godsent"

After 6 years from Visions of a Psychedelic Africa (2005), the visionary Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah has once again gathered together long time mates of the On-U label to give birth to another milestone along African Head Charge's long career (this incredible psychedelic dub band is active since the early 1980s.)

Surely not everyone's cup of tea, African Head Charge's psychotropic music will delight the palate of the people who enjoy hypnotic, mind-moving electronic/dub sounds and riddims, at the same time 'ethnic'/'roots' and '(post) modern'. ..

Lee 'Scratch' Perry / "Rise Again"

Lee 'Scratch' Perry is a reggae/dub legend indeed...At 75 he keeps on making great albums (sometimes with contributions by old friends like Keith Richards...) and concerts, like living an exciting second youth. Universally recognized as the king and true inventor of dub style, The Upsetter (another of his several nicknames...) could be also probably considered the 'Frank Zappa of reggae music' for his absolute musical genius and crazy creativity. Last of an incredibly long and prolific discography, Rise Again will once again capture the minds and souls of old and new fans...

Bob Marley & The Wailers / "Live Forever"

Recorded more than 30 years ago (Sept. 23, 1980) at the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh (USA) during Bob Marley's world tour in support of the new album Uprising, Live Forever is Bob's last live concert occurred just few days after Bob's collapse in Central Park, N.Y. The double CD (and 3 LP) contains many of Bob's unforgettable classics like Burnin' and Lootin', Crazy Baldhead, Natural Mystic, Exodus and Zion Train. Being not only the usual great live performance but also a historical document, it's a must in any good reggae collection that deserves its name..

Peter Tosh / "Equal Rights - Deluxe Legacy Edition"

This double CD contains the first two Peter Tosh's solo albums Equal Rights and Legalize it. It's packed with extended and alternate versions, dub plates and previously unreleased bonus. If you liked classics like Why Must I Cry, No Symphaty or Burial, besides the eternal anthems Legalize It and Equal Rights, this edition will warm up your heart (and body and soul...)

Alborosie / "2 Times Revolution"

The Italian Alborosie (who resides in JA since 2001) has slowly gained a wide international acknowledgement and JA musicians' total respect thanks to his unconditionated love for reggae music and many really well crafted roots songs. His previous album Escape from Babylon (2010) had really excited many and this new 2 Times Revolution will not disappoint his growing fans even though it's maybe just a little less perfect. But don't get me wrong, it contains many good songs and absolutely deserves your full attention...

Luciano / "Rub-a-Dub Market"

Without doubt Luciano is a stellar presence in the present international reggae scene. Active since early 1990s he has a really plentiful musical production of above average albums under his belt. Luciano's silk voice, roots sound and conscious texts keep on delighting multitudes of reggae fans around the world. Even though Rub-a-Dub Market isn't probably his best album ever, it contains at least 5 or 6 hits to add to his precious case of great reggae tunes...

Earl 16 / "Fittest of the Fittests"

Another old lion of reggae music well known by all true reggae aficionados, Earl 16 has realized a truly remarkable roots comeback with The Fittest, a surprisingly fresh new album packed with absolutely convincing tunes (and dub versions), supported by a compact roots sound and fine arrangements. Surely it's one of the best roots reggae albums of 2011 !

Happy and Conscious New Year !

2012-01-01T01:52:00.000-08:00

We just need to open our eyes and see...Let's celebrate life !
Happy and Conscious 2012 brothers and sisters !

Christmas 2012 ?

2011-12-28T04:18:00.000-08:00

Zeitgeist 2011: Year in Review

2011-12-28T01:39:00.000-08:00

2011 has been a year (not?) to remember, full of strange, dramatic and (very few) hopeful events. Let's see it condensed in 3 minutes here while we're waiting for what 2012 might bring....

The Poor Little Match Boy

2011-12-26T07:32:00.000-08:00

London, Hyde Park, Christmas Eve, 1857.
A poor orphan tries to keep warm using his remaining lucifer matches.....A short, dark animation by David Lea

Christmas card no. 2: The Poor Little Match Boy from David Lea on Vimeo.

HAPPY HOLIDAYZ !

2011-12-24T02:24:00.000-08:00

Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy

2011-12-23T03:27:00.000-08:00

If you're interested in the history of the 'psychedelic sixties' you can't miss ACID CHRIST: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy, a 'participatory biography' by Mark Christensen which chronicles the adventurous life of a Merry Prankster.
Please read an interesting book review ( and see an historical interview with Ken Kesey and Jerry Garcia ) here
See a nice photo gallery ...and find out more about the book here

The Psychedelic Art of Yoko D'Holbachie

2011-12-21T01:08:00.000-08:00

Yoko D'Holbachie (b. 1971) is an extremely interesting Japanese artist who makes a perfect, colorful and psychedelic mix of Californian popsurrealism and Japanese kawaii style. In these days she exhibits at the Mondo Bizzarro Gallery in Rome ( Dec. 10, 2011 - Jan. 10, 2012 ).
Don't miss Yoko's mind-moving website and if interested also Mondo Bizzarro
(thanks Reggaepsyc)

MonkeyMoon !

2011-12-18T03:31:00.000-08:00

MonkeyMoon!...a nice animation created by Emmanuel Gatera, Antoine Rouleaus and Eric Villeneuve

MonkeyMoon! from Emmanuel Gatera on Vimeo.

Rainbow Village of Taichung, Taiwan

2011-12-16T05:16:00.000-08:00

Tucked away in one corner of the large city of Taichung, Taiwan lies a modest ‘military dependents’ village’ – a community built in the late 1940s and the 1950s to serve as provisional housing for Nationalist soldiers, but ended up becoming permanent settlements. Over the years, many military dependents' villages have suffered from urban problems such as housing dereliction, abandonment, urban decay, and urban slum. This drab place has now been transformed into a beautiful and vibrant tourist hotspot, thanks to the colorful paintings of Huang Yung-fu, an 86-year-old veteran from Taichung City.
With a simplistic style he has adorned his tiny his military dependents’ village with paintings of famous TV personalities, plants, animals and other items such as birds, buffaloes and aboriginal people...
( Read and see more on Amusing Planet )

The Magical Worlds of J.T. Burke

2011-12-16T02:33:00.000-08:00

J.T. Burke (b. 1957) is an American artist who combines original photography with digital manipulation to create scenes of exhuberant life and utopian bliss. His compositions are influenced by a variety of artists, including Hokusai, Charles Burchfield, Kandisky, Hieronymus Bosch, modern pop-surrealists, medieval illuminations, Persian miniatures and even Dr. Seuss...
Give a look to J.T. Burke's website
(click on pix to see in larger format...)

Gary Moore - " Parisienne Walkways" - live

2011-12-13T05:33:00.000-08:00

The great, stupendous Gary Moore ( 1952 - 2011 ). See this astounding live song, then read more about this extremely talented Irish rock/blues guitaist...
(see on wide screen...)

The Ayahuasca Project

2011-12-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

Definitely watch and share this trailer for a gorgeous looking documentary about ayahuasca shamanism, science and it’s use in treating Westerners afflicted with addictions and severe emotional traumas, as pioneered by the work of two doctors; Dr. Jacques Mabit, who “runs a legendary detox centre deep in the Peruvian jungle”and Dr. Gabor Maté, a lionhearted addiction specialist valiantly trying to establish a similar program in Canada. It is seeking completion funding on KickStarter so if you like the trailer please learn more by watching the kickstarter video
(via Teleomorph)

The jungle Prescription - Film Trailer from The Ayahuasca Project on Vimeo.

Blotter Art

2011-12-01T02:26:00.000-08:00

Along with 'microdots' and 'windowpanes', Lsd began to be put on blotter paper sheets in the early 1970s. That gave rise to a particular art form of decorating with trippy pictures the blotter paper. Usually the blotter paper was decorated with very small 'icons' on each perforated square tab. By the 1990s this has progressed to complete four colors designs often involving the 'traditional' entire page of 900 tabs.
Nowadays many websites specialized in blotter art sell beautiful art prints of 'vanity blotter art', that is blotter paper sheets obviously without the acid...
I like to point out the website of Mark McCloud, probably the most important blotter art expert, but don't miss Ken Kesey's son Key-z
You can find nice blotter art also here and here and here

Cartographie Psychedelica: MAPS 25th Anniversary Conference

2011-11-28T01:05:00.000-08:00

Join MAPS for four days of education and entertainment in celebration of 25 years of psychedelic and medical marijuana research and education.
December 8-12 at the Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA, USA.
Conference - Workshops - Banquet - Party - Benefit - Cruise
Featuring:
The Lumenarium: Tribute banquet to honor Stanislav and Christina Grof (Sat. Dec. 10)
The Kaleidoscope Vaul: Experiential Benefit Celebration (Friday Dec. 9)
The Medicine Ball: Late-night party (Sat. Dec. 10)
The Floating World: Morning cruise on the San Francisco Bay

Info & Tickets here

Cyro Baptista & Beat the Monkey

2011-11-27T06:53:00.000-08:00

Cyro Baptista (1950) is a Brasilian musician and percussionist. See him playng live with Beat the Donkey band. The songs are King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man and their own Batida.
You can also check out 'Cyro Baptista & The Banquet of Spirits' live videos on 'youtube' and find more info here

Steven Kenny's Art

2011-11-26T10:06:00.000-08:00

Steven Kenny is a surreal artist born in 1962 in Peekskill, N.Y. (USA)

" My paintings most often focus on the human figure paired with elements found in nature. These surreal, symbolic juxtapositions are intended to work on at least two levels.

The first alludes to the fact that we are an integral part of the natural world and subject to its laws. This seems like an obvious statement until we step back and objectively assess our symbiotic relationship with each other and the Earth. Depending on how you see it, these relationships fall somewhere on the scale between harmonious and dysfunctional.

The second turns the lens around to look inward upon the stewardship of our own emotional, intellectual and psychological landscapes. The same pictorial subject matter allows me to make references to our individual journeys of self-exploration and discovery. Again, depending on who is holding the compass, we are either lost or on the right path.

At the very least, I desire to create images of beauty and mystery that allow the viewer to find their own personal significance in them. "
find more on Steven here

Parahawking

2011-11-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

This is the first official video of The Parahawk USA team, shot at Torrey Pines Glider Port and Blossom Valley in San Diego County, California (USA). The hawk featured in the video is a female Harris' Hawk, Shanti Maria...
The Parahawk USA
(thanks Raghu)

Tia Carrera / " Heaven "

2011-11-24T09:48:00.000-08:00

Tia Carrera is a 3 piece jam/stoner band from Austin, Texas (USA). " Heaven " is from their 2007 album "Heaven/Hell".
(thanks reggaepsych)

Nusja Jone - Our Bride

2011-11-22T02:39:00.000-08:00

The Terbesh people of Kosovo that live in Lubinje, have a tradition of dressing and making up brides for their wedding day. It's done to ward off evil-eye and discourages gossip and speculation. Our Bride is the name of the song...
(via The Presurfer)

Nusja Jone-Our Bride from Kosovo 2.0 on Vimeo.

The Spectral Art of Alfred Kubin

2011-11-22T02:06:00.000-08:00

Alfred Kubin (1877 - 1959), an Austrian printmaker and illustrator, is considered an important representative of symbolism and expressionism. During nazism his dark, macabre subjects were declared "degenerate art". In 1957 he was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
read more

Ken Kesey and the 1996 UK Trip on the Bus

2011-11-16T02:51:00.000-08:00

In 1996 Ken Kesey took the bus around England with some of his old pals of the sixties...See some highlights of the tour and interviews with Ken, Mountain Girl and other psychedelic pioneers...
(and check out Ken's son website...)

Terence McKenna: "Time Acceleration"

2011-11-15T02:10:00.000-08:00

At the end of 1980s I clearly perceived a strange 'acceleration of time' in my daily life but when I communicated this sensation to relatives and friends they just smiled and/or shrugged...Nowadays everybody is well aware of this phenomenon....
Let's see what the psychedelic philosopher Terence McKenna said in 1994...
(thanks Teleomorph)

OK Go / "This Too Shall Pass" [ Rube Goldberg Machine ]

2011-11-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

( thanks reggaepsyc)

The Animator

2011-11-14T01:40:00.000-08:00

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa live - "I'll Take Care of You"

2011-11-08T00:47:00.000-08:00

Soul/blues queen Beth Hart and guitar king Joe Bonamassa live. Does it need to be commented ?
(If you haven't done yet, check out Beth and Joe's great album Don't Explain.)
(thanks reggaepsyc)

Sachal Studios' "Take Five"

2011-11-06T09:17:00.000-08:00

Listen to the amazing virtuosos of Sachal Studios, founded by Izzat Majeed and Mushtaq Soofi in Lahore, Pakistan, paying a great musical tribute to Dave Brubeck Quartet's Take Five...I love it !
(via The Presurfer)

Jabuticaba - The Tree that Fruits on his Trunk

2011-11-06T02:43:00.000-08:00

Jabuticaba, also known as the Brasilian Grape tree, is a plant native of South America that bears edible fruits directly on the trunk.
Find further info on kuriositas
(click on pix to see in larger format)

Mirko Flodin's Tire Sculps

2011-11-06T02:23:00.000-08:00

German artist Mirko Siakkou Flodin and his sculptures made out of tires...
Mirko Siakkou Flodin

Word as Image

2011-11-04T10:23:00.000-07:00

Gotye / "State of the Art"

2011-11-04T10:11:00.000-07:00

Wouter "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), known by his stage name Gotye (pronounced /ˈɡɔərtijeɪ/ gore-ti-yeah), is a Belgian Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. He has released three studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. De Backer is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop band The Basics...

Let's Stop the Drug War !

2011-11-03T03:54:00.000-07:00

David Borden, Executive Director of Stopthe DrugWar writes:

I need your help to make some important decisions.

The fight to stop the drug war has entered its most critical moment to date: Support for marijuana legalization has reached 50 percent. (!) Heads of state including the current presidents of Mexico and Colombia have called for alternatives to drug prohibition to be considered. Leading civil rights groups have called for an end to the war on drugs in its current form. And yet -- and yet -- the federal government under President Obama has escalated its campaign to crush California's medical marijuana industry to its broadest and most aggressive level yet. Will the next shoe drop in other medical marijuana states too?

I need your help to decide whether StoptheDrugWar.org -- our movement-building work; our organizational coalitions; our leading online publications like the Drug War Chronicle newsletter that keep the movement, journalists, policymakers and countless others informed and empowered -- can enter this historical moment at full strength. Will you step up today in meeting both the crisis and the phenomenal opportunities? Please make a generous donation to StoptheDrugWar.org -- non-deductible for our lobbying work, or tax-deductible for our educational work -- to help us make this decision the way it should be.

Along with these needs of the time, there are some specific reasons we need your help now, rather than December when many people usually make their donations. One of the reasons is that we need to make a decision over the next two weeks as to whether we can continue to use the high-powered legislative and email list service that has helped us so much during the past two years. Along with reliably delivering our email to all our subscribers -- a tough job in this time of spam and false spam positives -- this system is what's enabled us to launch our major new Legislative Center. If you haven't already, please check out our compilation of hundreds of federal and state bills and votes, legislator scorecards, media and voter registration tools and more. We will not be able to continue this program without your donations.

A second specific need right now is that our blogger, Scott Morgan, has recently been able to return after work on other projects, but we need your support to afford his part-time but critical work on a consistent basis. Scott, recently named the High Times Freedom Fighter of the Month, was the leading voice in the blogosphere for marijuana legalization during the months running up to last year's Prop 19 vote, and he is a leading online voice highlighting President Obama's refusal to engage in a serious discussion of the marijuana issue. Scott's posts on sites like Reddit.com and the Huffington post regularly reach tens of thousands of readers, and many more through citations on major issue blogs like the Daily Dish. Our web site traffic took a hit during his absence, and it's grown again since his return. Scott has always done what he could even when funds were short, but we need to let him know sooner rather than later what our situation is.

Donations to our organization can be made online at http://stopthedrugwar.org/donate, or they can be mailed to: DRCNet Foundation (tax-deductible), P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036; or Drug Reform Coordination Network (non-deductible for lobbying), same address. (Contact us for information if you wish to make a donation of stock.)

Thank you for standing with us to stop the drug war's cruelties and meet the opportunity this time offers to make a brighter future. And don't get discouraged by the challenges our movement and the cause are currently facing -- time is on our side!

Pumpkins, Squashes and Gourds...art

2011-11-02T06:19:00.000-07:00

It's strange how traditions start. In the late 1960s Ralph Upton, a farmer from the small, picturesque English village of Slindon, in the county of West Sussex placed his yearly crop of pumpkins, squashes and gourds on his shed to ripen.
The colors and shapes of his harvest soon attracted visitors and things have never been quite the same in Slidon since.
read more...

Natural Gas

2011-11-01T11:15:00.000-07:00

Yes it's a commercial, but at least well done and funny...I like it...

The Halloween Crawlin' Zombie...

2011-10-31T08:20:00.000-07:00

Personally I don't give a damn about Halloween, but if you do...well,enjoy this crawlin' zombie and have a nice celebration...!
(via everlasting blort)

The Beauty of Pollination

2011-10-28T06:06:00.000-07:00

High-speed images of the amazing, mesmerizing world of pollination from Louie Schwartzberg's film Wings of Life.
(thanks reggaepsyc)

Anthropomorphic Taxidermy

2011-10-26T09:33:00.000-07:00

The Midnight Archive is a new web-based video documentary series centered around the esoteric and always exotic personalities that spring from Observatory, a collaborative arts and presentation space located in the Gowanuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
See here an episode of the series that shows the work of tattoo artist and taxidermist Sue Jeiven...

Remember....

2011-10-26T08:57:00.000-07:00

Laurie Lipton's Macabre Art

2011-10-26T08:54:00.000-07:00

New amazing, macabre pencil art by Laurie Lipton recently shown at Last Rites gallery.
(click on images to biggify...)

Peter Tosh Tribute

2011-10-24T02:22:00.000-07:00

1 hour+ lenght tribute to the legendary Peter Tosh (1944 - 1987), with rare footages, interviews and live songs...One of the most provoking figure in reggae music, Peter Tosh was a very talented musician, a spiritual person, a relentless rebel and a fearless proponent of the healing powers of cannabis...

I'm Dangerous with Love

2011-10-18T03:19:00.000-07:00

I'm Dangerous with Love is a 85 min. documentary by Michel Negroponte concerning addiction and rehabilitation, activism and shamanism. It tells the story of Dimitri Mugianis who starts out as the heavily addicted front man for the band Leisure Class and ends his long drug and alcohol addiction with an experimental treatment that use ibogaine, a psychoactive substance extracted from the roots of the African shrub Tabernanthe Iboga.
I'm Dangerous with Love is an underground adventure that traces Dimitri's risky journey as he treats desperate drug users. But then one session goes bad in a remote snowed-in Canadian home and a quiet young man almost dies. Dimitri must decide whether or not to continue his mission. Is it serving the addicts or simply releasing his own demons?
Dimitri travels to Gabon, West Africa, to consult with Bwiti shamans, and put himself through a punishing iboga initiation in search of guidance....
I'm Dangerous with Love

( Ibogaine is a controlled substance in USA (Schedule 1 c.s.) and other Western countries and its healing/ritual use is currently illegal. The Harm Reduction Coalition has started the Bwiti Now! fund to support the recognition of Bwiti in U.S. as a religion and legalize iboga as a sacred plant medicine and sacrament of the Bwiti practice.
You can support and take immediate action by contacting the Harm Reduction Coalition, a 501(c)3 non-profit and making a tax-deductible donation in support of the Bwiti Now! fund.
Donate online at HarmReduction and be sure to designate your gift for a specific purpose by by using designation code "Bwiti Now!" )

"I'm Dangerous with Love" trailer from michel negroponte on Vimeo.

The Alphabet

2011-10-14T10:37:00.000-07:00

The Alphabet 2 by n9ve - a horn video book experiment - is a developmental spelling - video where each character visually represents the meaning of the word itself...

The Alphabet 2 from n9ve on Vimeo.

New from the Notable Naoto...

2011-10-14T10:12:00.000-07:00

The Judge, a new limited edition print ( signed and numbered edition of 50 ) by the great 'psychoactive painter' Naoto Hattori is available at his web store.

Augustus Pablo - "Java" live 1986

2011-10-10T06:02:00.000-07:00

Horace Swaby, better known as Augustus Pablo (1953 - 1999), was a roots reggae/dub musician and producer, a talented and creative keyboardist and melodica player. He is considered as one of the true beginners of dub music style. I post this video as a tribute to a great but not so well-known reggae artist, who left this planet too early...Check out his numerous albums if you like the genre...

The Laughing Stone

2011-10-08T09:25:00.000-07:00

The Laughing Stone by Japanese artist Hirotoshi Ito.
(image credit)

Get more info about Hirotoshi Ito here

Rest in Peace Bert...

2011-10-06T12:13:00.000-07:00

Co-founder of the progressive British folk band Pentangle and one of the most renowned and influential acoustic guitarists in folk-rock history, Bert Jansch died yesterday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 67.
Bert Jansch was put in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarist of All Time and was deeply admired by fellow musicians like Jimmy Page and Neil Young who called him the acoustic equivalent of Jimi Hendrix and invited him to open for him on tour last year.
After the legendary golden period with the Pentangle, he continued to play music, cut records and make concerts alone and with various formations.
Drinking problems derailed his career for a while, but he came back in good shape in the 1990s with critically acclaimed works. His last album is The Black Swan (2006).
For more info about Bert's life and career visit his 'official site'....
Rest in Peace bro and thanks in the name of music....

Awesome People...

2011-10-06T02:04:00.000-07:00

If you like to see great and rare photos of past and present artists, musicians, actors/actresses etc. 'hanging out together', you can't miss this astounding site...
Just few nice examples of the interesting things that you can find there:

Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Michelle Phillips

John, Yoko and Salvador Dalì

Sean Penn and Charles Bukowski

Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Sammy Davis jr and Jack Lemmon

Johnny Cash and Ray Charles

Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore

James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor

Allen Ginsberg and Thelonious Monk

Bob Dylan "Love Sick"

2011-09-30T02:21:00.000-07:00

Happy Autum Navaratri !

2011-09-28T01:25:00.000-07:00

Today the Autumn Navaratri begins...
Navaratri is a Hindu celebration of the Divine Mother in her various forms. "The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit. (...) During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshipped.
The beginning of Spring and the beginning of Autumn are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother. The dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar.
Navaratri represents celebration of the Goddess Durga, the manifestation of Deity in form of Shakti (Energy or Power). The Navaratri festival or 'Nine nights festival' becomes 'ten days festival' with the addition of the last day, Vijayadashami, which is its culmination. On all these days, the various forms of Mother Durga are worshipped with fervor and devotion" ( from Wiki )
This year the Autumn Navaratri (or Ashvin Navaratri) begins today (Sept. 28) and it will end Oct. 6 (plus the tenth day celebration).
MAY THE DIVINE MOTHER PROTECT and BLESS EVERYONE !
JAI MAHA MAYA KI JAI ! JAI MAHA SHAKTI KI JAI !

Free Peter Aziz

2011-09-24T07:15:00.000-07:00

"Peter Aziz, a shaman who has been practicing for 35 years was sentenced to 15 months in prison in England for supplying patients with Ayahuasca. He was secretly caught on film taking money in exchange for letting others drink some of the brew. The trial is the first of it's kind in the UK, and has set a precedent for DMT in court.
Mr. Aziz was sentenced for producing a class "A" drug and on two counts of supplying. Dr Charles Shepherd, the man who went undercover to investigate Mr. Aziz, was happy with the result of the trail, claiming that DMT should be treated the same way as heroin or cocaine. He noted that at the ceremony he saw was "people vomiting into buckets having serious hallucinations". The judge in the case connected to Mr. Aziz, saying that he could see he, "wholeheartedly had done a lot of good for a lot of people", but in the end determined that the drug was dangerous nonetheless.

A petition has been created to help get Peter Aziz out of prison and back to practicing and healing people. This is a landmark case, as it is the first of its kind, so this is the time to send a message to the lawmakers."
( from Reality Sandwich )

I don't exactly know who is Peter Aziz but - even though the petion is bad written and full of grammatical and technical errors (it's 'Pineal Gland' not 'Penial Glad'!!) - I urge my readers to sign it to show our support to the 'plant teachers' and the brave ( and I hope 'disinterested'...) souls who use and give them to needy people, in spite of stupid, medieval laws.
Please sign here

Icaros

2011-09-24T01:15:00.000-07:00

"Ayahuasca Yari" by José Campos.
A very nice (arranged) example of icaro, with paintings by the great Peruvian shaman/artist Pablo Amaringo (1938 - 2009).
Icaros are 'spontaneous' spiritual songs inspired to shamans by the ayahuasca medicine and other 'teacher plants'. They are used during ceremonies to communicate with ancestors and spirits of the forest, to heal and provoke certain visions and particular states of consciousness.

Medicinal Marijuana Gardens Tour

2011-09-15T06:03:00.000-07:00

Cannabis guru Jorge Cervantes visits some astounding medicinal marijuana gardens in the U.S. .... Shine your eyes !!

Stones, Altamont etc. photo gallery

2011-09-14T06:22:00.000-07:00

The well-known tragic events happened at Altamont free concert in Livermore, CA (1969) and a nice photo gallery of the Rolling Stones live at Altamont, Madison Square Garden, etc. here
( Click on pix to see in larger format... )

As thousands of rock fans converge on Altamont free concert, one solitary car heads northwest on Highway 50...

...Acid is no more freely shared and bad vibes and violence are around the corner...

here

The Magic Trip

2011-09-08T07:42:00.000-07:00

Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood’s MAGIC TRIP is a freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. With MAGIC TRIP, Gibney and Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family. They worked with the Film Foundation, HISTORY and the UCLA Film Archives to restore over 100 hours of film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history.
Visit Magic Trip for further info.

Stop Following Me !

2011-09-07T06:07:00.000-07:00

On the Road Again...

2011-07-04T05:14:00.000-07:00

IT'S SUMMERTIME ONCE AGAIN and TERRA INCOGNITA WILL BE ON HOLIDAYS until the BEGINNING of SEPTEMBER...
I HOPE TO FIND YOU HERE WHEN I'LL BE BACK AGAIN...
HAVE a GREAT TIME...BLESSINGS...
SKY

(photo credit)

The Amazing Art of Aurelius and TokyoAoyama

2011-07-04T04:56:00.000-07:00

Two different but equally interesting artists....Aurelius Cat and his visionary digital 'landscapes' and TokyoAoyama and his colorful, intriguing 'poster art'.......
(click to see in larger format...)

AURELIUS CAT

TOKYOAOYAMA

Cloud Control / "Meditation Song # 2 (Why Oh Why)"

2011-07-04T01:41:00.000-07:00

From Bliss Release, new album of the Aussie psychedelic/folk band Cloud Control.....

Gestapo vs Deadheads

2011-07-04T01:27:00.000-07:00

(from Stopthedrugwar:) Since 2004, when veteran musician Jimmy Tebeau brought the 350-acre rural property in central Missouri and turned it a camping and concert venue, Camp Zoe has been Deadhead central in the Show Me State. A member of the Grateful Dead tribute band The Schwag, Tebeau has hosted several Schwagstock and Spookstock festivals, as well as other concerts and events, drawing nationally known acts and thousands of fans for weekends of outdoor fun in the sun.
But the DEA and the Missouri Highway Patrol harshed Camp Zoe's mellow vibe last November, when they rolled into the venue early in the morning and searched the site. A week later, they announced that they were initiating federal civil asset forfeiture proceedings against the property because of alleged rampant drug use and Tebeau's failure to put a halt to it...
Read more here and visit Camp Zoe website to help these good people...

Brian & Jim, July 3...long time ago...

2011-07-03T05:28:00.000-07:00

Brian Jones ( Cheltenham, Feb. 28, 1942 - Hartfield, Jul. 3, 1969 )

Jim Morrison ( Melbourne, Florida, Dec. 8, 1943 - Paris, Jul. 3, 1971 )

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide

2011-07-02T09:12:00.000-07:00

Drawing on the latest research and over 40 years experience in the field of psychedelic science and medicine, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide by James Fadiman, Ph.D., is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in using psychedelics as tools for spiritual, emotional, or personal development. From the importance of having an experienced guide to the need for careful attention to set and setting, this book contains a wealth of practical guidelines for using psychedelics effectively and responsibly.

The guide describes how different dosages can be used to facilitate different kinds of healing and self-discovery and dispels many common myths about the risks and benefits of psychedelics by reviewing past and current research into their therapeutic use. It even takes a close look at how these tools were used by spiritual, scientific, and industrial leaders including Ram Dass, Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Huston Smith, Francis Crick, and Steve Jobs.

James Fadiman, Ph.D., is the co-founder of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and has been involved in psychedelic research for over 40 years. In addition to writing and teaching, Fadiman gives regular presentations and workshops on psychedelic science and medicine. He lives in Menlo Park, California.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide goes directly to supporting MAPS' psychedelic and medical marijuana research and education projects.

Paperback, 352 pages, Park Street Press, $ 18.95
You can order on MAPS webstore

The Ray Harryhausen Creature List

2011-07-02T04:32:00.000-07:00

Ray Harryhausen is an American film producer and special effects creatore. He created a brand of stop-motion model animation known as Dynamotion. Here is a compilation of every Ray Harryhausen animated creature in feature films, presented in chronological order.
(via The Presurfer)

The Electric Prunes

2011-07-01T01:11:00.000-07:00

The Electric Prunes has been one of the original 'psychedelic rock band' of the sixties in California (but someone said they came from Seattle...) Virtually everyone has listened their Kyrie Eleison in Easy Rider movie......
After a 30 years hiatus they came back in 2001 with old and new members, doing records and concerts till today...Visit their site here

Desecrating Plant-teachers?! Sign Petition!

2011-06-26T01:57:00.000-07:00

UN attempting to outlaw all sacred plants (Ayahuasca, Iboga, etc.). SIGN PETITION!!

An important message from Luis Eduardo Luna

Dear friends,
I urge you to sign this petition. Once more, this is an attack against the cultural and spiritual heritage of non-western people, a continuation of conquest and colonization of the word by people with a very limited worldview.
Best regards,
Luis Eduardo

The United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has published on their website their annual report about the world situation on drugs in 2010. In this report, the INCB has included the preoccupying recommendation towards governments to outlaw traditional plants such as Ayahuasca (a decoction made with botanicals like Banisteriopsis Caapi and Psychotria Viridis) andTabernanthe Iboga among others, neglecting their important role as traditional medicine, as a sacrament and as therapeutic tool. These are the primary uses of these plants found in societies all over the world.

The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS) is organizing a letter-writing campaign to counter this demonic injustice. Please read more about this issue and add your signature here, and take a moment to browse the beautiful website of ICEERS org

(via Teleomorph)

Ram Dass, Timothy and Maharaj Ji

2011-06-26T01:06:00.000-07:00

Fierce Grace is a documentary produced and directed by Mickey Lemle in 2001 which tells the story of Richard Alpert/Ram Dass, from the legendary LSD experiments with Timothy Leary at Harvard and Millbrook to the meeting with his guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj Ji) in India in 1967 and beyond...
(Part 1 of 3 on youtube)

Keith & The X-pensive Winos

2011-06-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

Keith Richards and The X-pensive Winos live '93 Boston / "Time is on my Side"

Unintentionale Faces....

2011-06-23T08:45:00.000-07:00

in objects....
(see complete gallery here)

Reggae in the Ruff

2011-06-23T07:44:00.000-07:00

Do you remember the power and spirit that Reggae music brought to us back in the 1970's? That torch still burns brightly for a group of elder Rasta hills-men from Nonsuch, Portland, Jamaica. They survive by living close to nature, working the land organically and harvesting wild fruits and bush medicines from the jungle. For over 30 years in obscurity they have also been creating a unique yet familiar style of Roots Reggae music. From the foothills of Jamaica's Blue Mountains, Johnnie Walker and the Disappointers are now stepping out with their powerful and positive music. In a stunning new DVD that examines their natural lifestyle, philosophy and the creation of their music, this genre-busting documentary offers a very realistic glimpse into what it is to be a Rasta elder in the 21st century.
Visit Reggae in the Ruff documentary website here
(thanks reggaepsyc)

The Shulgin Index Vol. I

2011-06-20T02:30:00.000-07:00

After years of delay due to Sasha's health problems and lack of funds, The Shulgin Index is finally available...The Shulgin Index, Vol. I is the last work of Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin (in collaboration with Tania Manning and Paul F. Daley), the world's most prolific explorer of the chemistry and effects of psychedelic drugs. It is a comprehensive survey of the scientific literature on the known psychedelic phenethylamines and related componds, an invaluable resource for research pharmacologists, physicians, chemists and law enforcement.

Included in this book:
- A structure-oriented survey of psychedelic phenethylamines, amphetamines, phenylpiperazines and other similar compounds. Structure-activity relationship are emphasized throughout.
- Treatment of 126 main compounds with detailed physical properties, synthesis and analytical chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacological properties and legal status. Fully referenced with over 2.000 citations.
- Sub-tables of lesser-studied structural homologues and analogues. Over 1400 total compounds covered.
- Extensive cross-referencing tables for rapid location of key information.

Order online:
TransformPress

Giant Beasts at Play

2011-06-18T14:35:00.000-07:00

American wildlife photographer Paul Souders (Seattle, 1961) has taken these amazing photos of ten foot walruses in the waters near Lagoya Island in Svalbard, Norway.
Read here

Balancing Act

2011-06-16T00:54:00.000-07:00

Amazing balancing act by Medir
(via The Presurfer)

Matei Apostolescu

2011-06-14T09:11:00.000-07:00

Matei Apostolescu (Bucarest, Romania, 1983) is an interesting digital artist who defines his art "freestyle". Science-fiction, 'totemical art' and a pinch of psychedelia seem to be his cup of tea. Even though I liked some of his works more than others, I think the all in all Matei's website deserves a visit.

(click to see in larger format...)

Creative GIFs

2011-06-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

If you love Gifs like me, don't miss pixelfucks and the strange, disturbing creations of Cyriak. Be sure to find something interesting and funny there!

Sacred Elixirs

2011-06-11T01:23:00.000-07:00

A 10 minute video of Buddhist scholar and lama, Mike Crowley, discussing sacred elixirs in Buddhist and Hindu history, followed by an excellent, recent 1-hour interview with him going deeper into this fascinating topic, conducted by Jan Irvin of Gnostic Media

And click here for the Gnostic Media interview. This is must-listen for anyone interested in Buddhism or Hinduism.

[Right right-click the media player and select "save video as" to enable easier playback control from your own media player]

(Thanks Teleomorph!)

World Revolution

2011-06-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

(thanks Raghu)

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Refugee

2011-05-31T00:54:00.000-07:00

Great Vintage Photos

2011-05-30T04:42:00.000-07:00

If vintage photos are your cup of tea, don't miss this beautiful blog...

Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett gulping two acid sugarcubes...

Elizabeth Taylor

Joan Baez

Chaterine Deneuve

Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithful and Alain Delon

Aretha Franklin

Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg and Therry Southern
(American writer, essayst, screenwriter. He co-wrote
also Dr. Strangelove and Easy Ryder)

Android Jones

2011-05-28T10:14:00.000-07:00

The amazing digital art of Android Jones...Visit his website for more mind-blowing stuff...
(as usual click on images to see in larger format...)

Happy Birthday Bob !

2011-05-24T04:15:00.000-07:00

Bob Dylan (1941, Duluth, Minnesota) turns 70 today...Happy birthday immortal bard and thanks for all the poems and music...!!

Honor Thy Daughter

2011-05-19T08:57:00.000-07:00

Can psychedelic therapy help ease the suffering of those struggling with terminal illness? As psychedelic therapy re-enters the mainstream vocabulary, some people are speaking out about the urgent need for more research into its risks and benefits.
In Honor Thy Daughter, the latest book from the MAPS Press, Harvard-educated teacher Marilyn Howell, Ed.D., tells the story of her family's search for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing as her daughter struggles with terminal cancer. Their journey ultimately takes them into the hands of an anonymous therapist who offers the family hope and healing through psychedelic psychotherapy.

Transpersonal psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, M.D., calls Honor Thy Daughter a "medical odyssey." Spiritual teacher Ram Dass writes, "One of the most important fruits of the 21st century will be the acceptance of the therapeutic use of psychedelics…to ease physical and existential pain and to provide a deeper understanding and acceptance of death. Honor Thy Daughter provides a glimpse of this use." Media scholar and author Jean Kilbourne calls it "a brave and beautiful book."

Honor Thy Daughter is the first book in a growing genre of true-to-life medical dramas that take an honest look at the risks and benefits of psychedelic therapy. In his upcoming book Noe, psychiatrist Phil Wolfson, M.D., shares his experience with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for his son who struggled with leukaemia.

Visit the Honor Thy Daughter website for excerpts, reviews, background, and educational resources. Also check out the Spring 2011 special edition of the MAPS Bulletin on "Psychedelics and the Mind/Body Connection" for a special sneak preview.

Honor Thy Daughter is available exclusively from MAPS (and electronically on the Amazon Kindle). 100% of the profits from the sale of this book will be used to fund psychedelic and medical marijuana research and education.
(Cover art donated by A. Andrew Gonzalez)

Bom Shankar Ira Cohen !!

2011-05-16T10:23:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately in recent times the international countercultural/psychedelic community has lost so many beloved members that it isn't so easy to be always 'punctual' with this kind of sad events...I have to apologize of not having said anything about Ira Cohen, American poet, publisher, photographer, filmaker, countercultural icon and intrepid traveler, who peacefully died on April 25th 2011 at the age of 76 in New York.
If you don't know who he was, or just want to refresh your memory, see here and here
For what concerns me...Bom Shankar Ira, charsi kabhi nahin marsi ( a charas smoker never dies alone )...R.i.P.

Octopus Ballet

2011-05-16T04:55:00.000-07:00

This video features a octopus of the Grimpoteuthis bathynectes. Sometimes nicknamed the Dumbo octopus, its ears are really fins that help it move through the water. This white octopus was filmed with a high-definition underwater video camera at 6600 feet depth...
(thanks The Presurfer)

The Visionary Landscapes of John Lawton Cullison jr

2011-05-16T00:59:00.000-07:00

John Lawton Cullison jr is an outstanding visionary artist who resides in Makawao, Maui, Hawaii. He prefers to work on large surfaces and his subject matter often includes beautiful jungle scenes, florals, waterfalls, seascapes and skyscapes. His skillfull use of color and transparency gives his work luminosity, a west coast style of art called 'visionary realism'...
Click on images to see in larger format and visit his website to see more amazing paintings...
(thanks reggaepsyc for the input!)