Sentences with phrase «taking psychedelics»

We discussed her «Slumpies» sculptures currently on view, the Singularity, taking psychedelics at amusement parks, doomsday prepping and whether the rich will survive the end times, her involvement with the nonprofit Borscht Corp film collective, speaking tangentially, making tech - based art that's actually emotional, and a whole lot more.

A quick poll of my friends to find out what brings about this heightened sense of feeling showed that it can be many things: the creation of art, making conscious love, surfing, dancing, making out, eating great food, taking psychedelics, or discovering and destigmatizing pain as a way to ecstasy via some form of fitness or BDSM.

Many of the subjects, all of whom had taken psychedelics before, reported having out - of - body and near - death experiences and felt the sessions were among the most intense episodes of their lives.

«I was so fascinated that I did all this research,» says Halpern, who had never taken psychedelics and knew little of their history.

Now, researchers who've studied how perceptions of meaning change when people take the psychedelic drug known as LSD have traced that sense of meaningfulness to particular neurochemicals and receptors in the brain.

The UBC Okanagan study found that 42 per cent of U.S. adult male inmates who did not take psychedelic drugs were arrested within six years for domestic battery after their release, compared to a rate of 27 per cent for those who had taken drugs such as LSD, psilocybin (commonly known as magic mushrooms) and MDMA (ecstasy).

Bloober Team is taking their psychedelic horror game Layers of Fear out of early access next month so it can get...

Still, the game is pretty similar to what we've already seen before, as players fight off enemies and wildlife, defend key locations and burn down rival bases, fast travel to various locations and occasionally take a psychedelic trip or two.

Quintessential LA artist and godfather of light art James Turrell took the psychedelic light shows of the 1960s out of the Fillmore West and Avalon Ballroom and into the fine art world with his seminal early light works of the late 1960s, simultaneously blowing the establishment's collective minds and writing a new chapter in postmodern art history in the process.

Last fall, for example, Peres Projects in Los Angeles and New York's John Connelly Presents took the psychedelic environment that Sudbrack designed for the 2004 Whitney Biennial and divided it into components that were sold in «electronic editions,» which include a certificate of authentication and the design on a CD, in a digital file.

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He almost never wears shoes and often takes naps on a purple velvet couch under his collection of psychedelic posters.

Early one morning last July, Genise had taken a little white capsule containing the psychedelic as part of a medically supervised study to test whether it could ease the mental anguish of people with terminal cancer.

Psychedelic fish, pink millipedes and the world's smallest snake: take our tour of some of the strangest species to be discovered in recent years

And once the psychedelic took hold, her despair disappeared.

People are increasingly taking daily, low doses of illegal psychedelic drugs to up their game at work and improve their mood.

They found that those psychedelic effects of LSD were erased when participants took a second drug called ketanserin that blocked the ability of LSD to act on serotonin receptors known as 5 - HT2ARs.

While research on the benefits of psychedelic drugs took place in the 1950 to the 1970s, primarily to treat mental illness, it was stopped due to the reclassification of the drugs to a controlled substance in the mid-1970s.

With one of sunlight's components obliterated, the remaining light takes on a psychedelic appearance.

But Lawn added that while ayahuasca appeared to have a better side effect «profile» than classic Western psychedelics such as LSD or magic mushrooms, taking the drug is not without risk.

Take a look at the embossed and studded varieties in funky, psychedelic colours from American Swan and Ayesha for a groovy appeal.

It works perfectly for dresses as well like we see at DKNY, Tibi, Trussardi and Givenchy, the latter using this shade in a psychedelic illusion print taking reins throughout the whole runway show.

In case you wish to explore a new dimension of geometrical, psychedelic and artsy prints take a closer look at collections of brands like: JW Anderson, Moschino, Saint Laurent and Stella McCartney.

Taking a rather punk attitude toward their musical flavoring, they've painted a portrait of «70s groove landscapes with psychedelic effects dripping off the strings with vocals that sound both dream - like and otherworldly.

Taking a rather punk attitude toward their musical flavoring, they've painted a portrait of «70s groove landscapes with psychedelic effects dripping off the strings with vocals that sound both

In this psychedelic sci - fi adventure anime, it will take the skills of both women to save the world.

The three latest pictures to be acquired are Higher Ground (the directorial debut from Vera Farmiga, which she also stars), the documentary Magic Trip (co - written / co-directed by Alex Gibney, about the psychedelic»60s cross-country bus tour taken by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters) and another documentary entitled The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975 (about the Black Power and Black Panther movements in the US).

Slow West Director: John Maclean Running time: 84 minutes Certificate: R Offbeat western with Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn that takes a familiar genre and adds some curious psychedelic touches.

With Thor: Ragnarok it feels as if Watiti has, first and foremost, taken this an opportunity to make the type of happy - go - lucky, lightly psychedelic lark that he would've watched (and rewatched) as a teenager.

That's when the movie's exuberance really takes hold: Thor finds himself captured by the booze - guzzling bounty hunter Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson, wonderfully rambunctious), a wayward Asgardian warrior who drags the god into the captivity of the planet's ruler, a flamboyant, psychedelic tyrant named Grandmaster who's basically Jeff Goldblum playing himself.

Hill's shift from funny sidekick to psychedelic leading man has only been possible because he took control of his career, enforcing the idea that to get his involvement, he needs to have some measure of creative input.

Last September's 85 - minute long Trip, an undulating, psychedelic song cycle about grief, may have been heavy going but take solace from the fact that these live shows will offer some lighter relief via tracks from 2014's excellent Souled Out debut and the surprisingly intriguing Twenty88, Aiko's collaborative album with rent - a-rapper Big Sean.

Extravagant special effects are taken for granted in superhero movies, but Ant - Man has enough imagination to make them seem both fun and necessary, whether it's during a scene where the shrunken Lang finds himself dodging Lucite heels on a dance floor or in a psychedelic, space - folding sequence set in the Microverse, the dimension of the sub-atomically small.

Lead guitarist and horror movie expert Kirk Hammett took to the stage (after a packed autograph session) to introduce one of his favorite horror B - movies, Dracula vs Frankenstein, a cheesy but charming relic from the psychedelic»70s.

Inherent Vice sits right on top my most anticipated films of 2014 list and after watching what Anderson did with Phoenix in 2012's The Master, I can't wait to see his take on the psychedelic 70s.

Imagine if Edgar Wright's adaptation of the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim, all whooshing, 8 - bit inspired graphics and psychedelic action sequences, took place against the bleak backdrop of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, a world filled with gray, heavily polluted skies harshly illuminated by the glow of neon signs.

With Lucy, he takes three genres — an intense drug thriller, an over-the-top action movie, and a psychedelic would - be philosophical statement — and crams them together in unexpected ways.

There's a scene in which young Arlo and his cave boy pal eat some «funny» berries and get «high», complete with psychedelic music and visuals, taking them from the Stone Age to the «Stoned» Age.

Inspired by the 1960s visuals of the original comic, drawn by Steve Ditko, the movie will take on some psychedelic imagery of its own.

Papatakis's most psychedelic and intellectually challenging film, Gloria Mundi, a virulent denunciation of consumer capitalism and a hypocritical left - wing intelligentsia that deems itself political but does not take any action, begins with a scream and ends with an explosion.

Well, I've written about what happened next — the beating I took with flashlights administered by the Metropolitan police in a dank North York jail, meeting Alan Ginsberg, my trip to the US, my psychedelic evening with Timothy Leary, the exhilarating craziness of San Francisco and Los Angeles in the summer of 1968, so I won't recount those days here.

Reminisce with «Band On the Run,» Norwegian Star's tribute to the music and dance of the psychedelic»70s, catch a comedy show at the Stardust Theater, participate in the hilarious «Presumed Murdered» Luncheon, or take a trip down memory lane with the»60s - inspired «Shout!

You take not only a nonviolent epic poem but the single most nightmarish and psychedelic setting known to Western civilization and you use it to make... a God of War clone?

While it may not deliver the instant gratification found in other games in the horror genre, those who take the time to immerse themselves into the game's psychotically psychedelic world will find a horror experience unlike any other.

The majority of E3 was dominated by first person shooters like Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare and Tom Clancy's The Division but many were taken back by the psychedelic art style that Entwined showed off.

Sega took the game engine and stuck in different themes, one where you pilot a jet (After Burner), pilot a helicopter (Thunder Blade), drive a car (OutRun), and / or simulate the use of psychedelics (Space Harrier).

The stage was set for Op Art, with its high contrast and psychedelic effects to take hold of the fashion world's imagination.

Trypps # 7 (Badlands)(2010) charts, through an intimate long - take, a young woman's LSD trip in the Badlands National Park before descending into a psychedelic, formal abstraction of the expansive desert landscape.

While you're at Blaffer, take your kids through our summer exhibitions featuring the vividly colorful, exquisitely handcrafted sculptures of Matthew Ronay and the equally psychedelic new - media installations of Hilary Lloyd.

Quint Projects will host two events during this exhibition including BOOK / SHOP — which will take place every Saturday and will feature Quint Gallery publications including Kelsey Brookes: Psychedelic Space, Ryan McGinness: Women — New (Re) Presentations and Robert Irwin: Projects and Exhibitions 2012 - 2013.

I think he has taken Jason Galea «s psychedelic aesthetic down a fascinating Guston-esque path (King Gizzard album art).