Sentences with phrase «psychedelic state»

He views the octopus as an avatar of some advanced psychedelic state where you speak in visual terms.

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In the heady postwar years, hundreds of promising studies were conducted in the United States, Canada, and Europe on the use of LSD and other psychedelics, like peyote, to treat such psychiatric maladies as schizophrenia, autism, drug addiction, alcoholism, and chronic depression.
Psychologists have occasionally given people psychedelic drugs such as LSD or magic mushrooms to induce altered states, in an attempt to treat mental illness.
New studies — prompted by a renewed interest in potential applications of psychedelic drugs for understanding the brain or even treating some psychiatric diseases — suggest that far - reaching changes in brain connectivity contribute to the altered states of consciousness and other effects of an acid trip.
It seemed the volunteers had a much larger range of potential brain states that were available to them, which may be the biophysical counterpart of «mind expansion» reported by users of psychedelic drugs.
Psychedelic drugs are unique among other psychoactive chemicals in that users often describe «expanded consciousness,» including enhanced associations, vivid imagination and dream - like states.
«Furthermore, the psychedelic nature of ibogaine tends to induce a dream - like state in which many report autobiographical subjective experiences, like watching their life as a movie from the vantage point of an observer,» Malcolm continued.
Biologist Jason Slot of Ohio State believed psychedelic mushrooms became trippy through horizontal gene transfer, a process that occurs when DNA from one species spreads to another.
Whether you like graphs because you're an engineer, or you just love colorful scenes or psychedelic patterns, the ability to determine your state of stress and improve it in seconds is gratifying and powerful.
Altered States (Hulu, July 1st) During the Sixties, scientist John C. Lilly was a pioneer on the frontier of consciousness, testing the capabilities of the human mind by ingesting LSD and other psychedelics while submerged in a sensory - deprivation tank.
After Laura married Aldous Huxley in 1956, she joined her husband in his psychedelic explorations and became involved with the self - help movement as it gained popularity in the United States, especially on the West Coast.
His games, as Wikipedia states, «feature something of a psychedelic element».
No points for guessing Daniel is of a psychedelic bent — his work a delightful synthesis of chemical and organic states.
Born in Israel, Shneior immigrated to the United States and became fascinated with the mysterious and often - psychedelic natural environment of Southern California.
The historical figures in Elizabeth Huey's psychedelic sets are in various states of ecstasy as they navigate the process of healing from personal ailments and systemic oppression.
After Hours: Murals on the Bowery, Bowery, New York, NY, United States New York Minute, The Garage: Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia, (travelling exhibition) At Capacity: Large Scale Works from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, United States Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960's, Jepson Center, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, United States, (travelling exhibition), (cat.)
«Altered States: A Psychedelic Legacy» is a perfect fit for David Richard Gallery, which is a dedicated proponent of post-1960s abstraction.
«Altered States: A Psychedelic Legacy,» which is on exhibit at David Richard Gallery through January 28, features contemporary interpretations of psychedelic art alongside pieces from the 1960s throughPsychedelic Legacy,» which is on exhibit at David Richard Gallery through January 28, features contemporary interpretations of psychedelic art alongside pieces from the 1960s throughpsychedelic art alongside pieces from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Hollowell's association of the light in her paintings with orgasm, cited in the press release, evokes connections to earlier efforts to engineer bodily energy, such as Wilhelm Reich's orgone box, or to the proto - psychedelic technology of Beat poet Brion Gysin's Dream Machine, a rotating light box intended to generate transcendent, hypnotic states.
, D'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY, United States Other than Beauty, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY, United States Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960's, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, United States, (travelling exhibition), (cat.)
His quest for knowledge also relies on a psychedelic epistemology: altered states of mind that can enhance our understanding of the world.
Medium: Painting, sculpture, installation Style: Psychedelic, feminist history lesson Birthday: 1939 Superpower: Chicago, who coined the term «feminist art» and started the first feminist art program in the United States, has worked in media ranging from the stereotypically feminine (needlework and textiles) to the stereotypically masculine (welding and pyrotechnics), erasing distinctions along the way.
«Altered States: A Psychedelic Legacy» Presents Contemporary Psychedelic Art Against The Backdrop of 1960s Paintings and Concert Posters at David Richard Gallery, Opening December 2, 201...
The psychedelic result suggests a disoriented ocular state that hints at the malleable nature of our reality — a reality that relies heavily on the conviction of our individual experiences.
And not unlike like Pink Floyd's psychedelic journey through psychological states, Morgan's body of work similarly references lunar patterns.
Altered States: A Psychedelic Legacy, features contemporary artists who explore psychedelic art — mostly painting and some constructions with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery — against a back drop of 1960s Optical Art, figurative and Color Field paintings, as well as original rock posters from concerts at the Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues, which sets the stage and createPsychedelic Legacy, features contemporary artists who explore psychedelic art — mostly painting and some constructions with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery — against a back drop of 1960s Optical Art, figurative and Color Field paintings, as well as original rock posters from concerts at the Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues, which sets the stage and createpsychedelic art — mostly painting and some constructions with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery — against a back drop of 1960s Optical Art, figurative and Color Field paintings, as well as original rock posters from concerts at the Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues, which sets the stage and creates the mood.
Her work was highlighted in the MIT Press publication, Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s (2010), and is held in many public and corporate collections throughout the United States.
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