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Rising Star
This weekend at the conference of psychedelic research in Amsterdam I followed The lecture were this site was promoted. I loved the lecture and became more interested in the dmt nexus site.
Well A Little bit about myself then. I'm Sander Bos, an art student in Groningen (the Netherlands)and am very interested in mapping out the psychedelic experience.
Every time I ask somebody about a trip they often would respond like: “I have no words for it” or “I don't know were the hell to begin.” Our language does not suffice in sharing these experiences. I Think that if we could make these sacred realms somehow visible, we can really show people what we are talking about and maybe gain new insights. They also could be used as navigation tools to travel deeper into these hyper-spacial dimensions.
This Idea began when I stumbled upon the mushroom which dramatically changed my art.
I began Exploring these visionary realms, observing and trying to get out as much visual information as I could.
I'm still very confused why there is not a lot of reference about this in artworks through the ages (Except from shamanic art and cave paintings). I think it would be for the artist to show these hidden worlds that go beyond ordinary perception. Unfortunately the artworld of today seems completely alienated from these altered states and many don't see the richness of many visionary artists and stigmatize their works as kitsch or funny hippie paintings. Of course this has to do with our somewhat short sighted materialistic society. Its almost like: “It doesn't matter if an artwork is good or not. If its worth money or the story is somewhat interesting its good art.”. My opinion is that art should be about an experience that changes your way you look at things. Or as Peter Gric says in an interview: ”Its not about words but rather about silent visions”.
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Well A Little bit about myself then. I'm Sander Bos, an art student in Groningen (the Netherlands)and am very interested in mapping out the psychedelic experience.
Every time I ask somebody about a trip they often would respond like: “I have no words for it” or “I don't know were the hell to begin.” Our language does not suffice in sharing these experiences. I Think that if we could make these sacred realms somehow visible, we can really show people what we are talking about and maybe gain new insights. They also could be used as navigation tools to travel deeper into these hyper-spacial dimensions.
This Idea began when I stumbled upon the mushroom which dramatically changed my art.
I began Exploring these visionary realms, observing and trying to get out as much visual information as I could.
I'm still very confused why there is not a lot of reference about this in artworks through the ages (Except from shamanic art and cave paintings). I think it would be for the artist to show these hidden worlds that go beyond ordinary perception. Unfortunately the artworld of today seems completely alienated from these altered states and many don't see the richness of many visionary artists and stigmatize their works as kitsch or funny hippie paintings. Of course this has to do with our somewhat short sighted materialistic society. Its almost like: “It doesn't matter if an artwork is good or not. If its worth money or the story is somewhat interesting its good art.”. My opinion is that art should be about an experience that changes your way you look at things. Or as Peter Gric says in an interview: ”Its not about words but rather about silent visions”.
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