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Publication SEEKING CONTRIBUTORS - Issue 3 Outline

Well, needless to say.. a little bit of chemistry would be expected.. but do you feel you have a particular unique angle/point of view you feel worth expressing? I've always really enjoyed your posts/writing style.. so I'm sure whatever you decide to focus it on will be a great read. I think your understanding on the different DMT polymers is something that stands out to me quite a lot.. ? Something I'd like to get a better grasp on..

Perhaps also your point of view on the important of understanding the chemistry behind extraction as opposed to blindly following 'to the tee' teks.

I'm with you on the nexus helping hone in on writing skills. I've found the same... still with a ways to go. But looking back at some of my very early posts in my late teens I can't help but facepalm and feel a little embarrassed!
 
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Well, needless to say.. a little bit of chemistry would be expected.. but do you feel you have a particular unique angle/point of view you feel worth expressing? I've always really enjoyed your posts/writing style.. so I'm sure whatever you decide to focus it on will be a great read. I think your understanding on the different DMT polymers is something that stands out to me quite a lot.. ? Something I'd like to get a better grasp on..

Perhaps also your point of view on the important of understanding the chemistry behind extraction as opposed to blindly following 'to the tee' teks.

I'm with you on the nexus helping hone in on writing skills. I've found the same... still with a ways to go. But looking back at some of my very early posts in my late teens I can't help but facepalm and feel a little embarrassed!
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I think this ties back into an earlier idea about DMT myth-busting, so thanks for reminding me!

Application of fundamental extraction principles for a robust approach to varied extraction situations is certainly food for thought; if there's someone who wrote/developed the DMT and harmalas AI, I'd be interested in bouncing a few ideas back and forth.
 
I think helping demonstrate that DMT extraction is not such a homogenous procedure, being that the plant sources are subject to ongoing variance in environmental conditions and individual chemistry - is something that could be covered too. This ties in with appreciating the lifeforms that provide these experiences. I see a lot of new members here resorting to following recipes without much regard to the the individual chemistry and variability in different plant sources. This is something I'd like to write about as well.. but your knowledge of chemistry would do the point a better service I think.
 
acacian said:
I think helping demonstrate that DMT extraction is not such a homogenous procedure, being that the plant sources are subject to ongoing variance in environmental conditions and individual chemistry - is something that could be covered too. This ties in with appreciating the lifeforms that provide these experiences. I see a lot of new members here resorting to following recipes without much regard to the the individual chemistry and variability in different plant sources. This is something I'd like to write about as well.. but your knowledge of chemistry would do the point a better service I think.
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This ties in really well with the myth debunking article that was suggested and could be a great follow up or component of that article for sure :D
 
acacian said:
I think helping demonstrate that DMT extraction is not such a homogenous procedure, being that the plant sources are subject to ongoing variance in environmental conditions and individual chemistry - is something that could be covered too. This ties in with appreciating the lifeforms that provide these experiences. I see a lot of new members here resorting to following recipes without much regard to the the individual chemistry and variability in different plant sources. This is something I'd like to write about as well.. but your knowledge of chemistry would do the point a better service I think.
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Sounds as much like a case for collaboration, at least on the terms of I'll happily act as your chemistry consultant. You have a clear idea from where you're coming with the plants and nature side of things, and I feel this would make for the more interesting skeleton for an article, and the chemistry bit could be the window-dressing perhaps.
 
Transform said:
I think this ties back into an earlier idea about DMT myth-busting, so thanks for reminding me!
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I do have this down as the opening piece. Might be nice to get a thread going to get some ideas circulating, depending on what you were thinking for it. There are unfortunately a lot of DMT myths, so I don't think there'd be a lack of content.
 
Transform said:
Sounds as much like a case for collaboration, at least on the terms of I'll happily act as your chemistry consultant. You have a clear idea from where you're coming with the plants and nature side of things, and I feel this would make for the more interesting skeleton for an article, and the chemistry bit could be the window-dressing perhaps.
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I'm definitely down for a collab article :)
 
I love everything about this thread and there's something soul stirring about how quickly everyone has assembled in willingness to help manifest the vision!

I would love to more thoroughly research the ancient Alchemists and help to expose the masses to these almost mythical early thinkers. In the same way we can tease out the real from the myth with religious historical figures, I think the community might find value in learning about our earliest predecessors, their favorite plant allies, and their encrypted messages that they have left behind to be interpreted by us --generations of the future.


I also could write about my first experience and how it relates to Kundalini mystical experience for the trip report section or could spin up some poetry if we lack art.

As far as graphics, how does the community feel about AI models being used for generating graphics? Some find it cheesy, yet I've seen it done nicely.
 
Mylu said:
I love everything about this thread and there's something soul stirring about how quickly everyone has assembled in willingness to help manifest the vision!

I would love to more thoroughly research the ancient Alchemists and help to expose the masses to these almost mythical early thinkers. In the same way we can tease out the real from the myth with religious historical figures, I think the community might find value in learning about our earliest predecessors, their favorite plant allies, and their encrypted messages that they have left behind to be interpreted by us --generations of the future.
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I agree! This sounds like it might take some in-depth research to write a thorough and accurate piece about, but if it could be accomplished, would make for something really interesting.

Mylu said:
I also could write about my first experience and how it relates to Kundalini mystical experience for the trip report section or could spin up some poetry if we lack art.
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Trip reports, poetry, both would be great! Whatever you're inspired to submit that you feel would be a good fit.

Mylu said:
As far as graphics, how does the community feel about AI models being used for generating graphics? Some find it cheesy, yet I've seen it done nicely.
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I've been thinking about this. AI art definitely can be done nicely, and I'm glad there's a place for it on the Nexus, but considering the climate and controversy around it in regards to it being art theft and all these other things, I think it'd be both easier, nicer, and less controversial to stick to personal Nexian art in a project like this. I'm not sure what the community consensus is on this though, but it's an important thing to address.
 
Mylu said:
As far as graphics, how does the community feel about AI models being used for generating graphics? Some find it cheesy, yet I've seen it done nicely.
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FlagellaStink said:
I've been thinking about this. AI art definitely can be done nicely, and I'm glad there's a place for it on the Nexus, but considering the climate and controversy around it in regards to it being art theft and all these other things, I think it'd be both easier, nicer, and less controversial to stick to personal Nexian art in a project like this. I'm not sure what the community consensus is on this though, but it's an important thing to address.
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AI art, in my view, requires a real effort to iron out the usual glitches, like misalignments, dubious textures, and lack of composition skills that may reflect lack of artistic experience in some of the practitioners, which in turn I guess is the result of the democratisation of the visual creative process.
 
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AI art, in my view, requires a real effort to iron out the usual glitches, like misalignments, dubious textures, and lack of composition skills that may reflect lack of artistic experience in some of the practitioners, which in turn I guess is the result of the democratisation of the visual creative process.
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Some of the people here are extremely good at prompting and creating the right context for a certain setting. Like @psychosomaticon for example.

There are even image A.I. out there that will keep the current image in the context, so you can really mold it to your liking.

Also, it seems that A.I. art is actually also producing art without the use of prior famous artworks, or no prior art at all but just learning/ being trained what is aesthetical for the human brain to see as art. Not all A.I. models are the same, far apart even.


Kind regards,

The Traveler
 
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Some of the people here are extremely good at prompting and creating the right context for a certain setting. Like @psychosomaticon for example.

There are even image A.I. out there that will keep the current image in the context, so you can really mold it to your liking.


Kind regards,

The Traveler
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Hehe, don't get me started...
 
The Traveler said:
Some of the people here are extremely good at prompting and creating the right context for a certain setting.
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I agree, I think a large misconception around AI art is that it takes zero skill at all as if the computer is able to read your mind and plaster it on the screen instantly. It definitely does take a certain level of skill, practice, and time to get desirable results like any other medium.

I wasn't familiar with any models that don't use prior art, I've only been keeping myself minimally updated on the social media warzone regarding it. I'll try looking into that some more.

Of course, I think it's best to highlight human-made art from the Nexus, but I'm not opposed to tastefully incorporating AI if that's the consensus and if more artwork is needed. Another thing I worry about though is copyright, if we plan on printing this and making it available for purchase I think we'd be fine at the moment, but I'm not confident for what the future holds in selling products that contain AI art.
 
DBTC CATP said:
Psychedelics were a lifeline to getting through with my ASD, ADHD, and the way that people think of me. It properly introduced to me this concept of self actualization, autonomy, responsivity (instead of reactivity), it helped me to smooth out the rough edges, it didn't solve all of my problems either but rather supported it as much as was conditioned to input and output....
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Finally getting back to this. You brought up a lot of points here, and it's a very self-aware piece of writing which I admire. For usage as an article though, I think it's important for there to be a central narrative or theme for a person to follow. I think you state this really well in that final paragraph - how psychedelics helped you to find your own autonomy as a person with ASD and ADHD. I also really liked how you used the concept of empathy in there, explaining your thoughts on it both from other people and from yourself, and how those two things differ. My suggestion would be to write even more and expand upon those ideas.

I think elaboration upon the idea of how psychedelics influenced your life would be very interesting - possibly describing the important or transformative parts of some of some of your experiences. I'm also interested in how your father's story has influenced your aversion towards medicine and technology. I think your existential question about whether or not it's right to reject the system we live in today is really fascinating and important, and your explanations on the lack of empathy from the system is very real. If you're interested in adding more to it, please let me know.
 
Adding a thread for "Dictionary of named DMT extraction TEKs", because this strikes me as fun and useful.

Rating the extraction teks

Thank you for thinking along. Here are my answer to a few things: I agree with the aspects of the rating system generally, however I think time of exposure falls under discretion, but still how long a tek is expected to take should still be its own aspect. The reason that it is on its own and...
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