The Immolation of Notre Dame – Why We Might Want to Give Her Back to Nature Again
It may be best to sanctify her scorched shell instead. To turn it into a true sanctuary, a hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, a teaching of the noble truth of impermanence.
Synchronicity Hunting: An Interview with David Charles Plate
For twenty years David Charles Plate has explored the mysteries of synchronicity in films and music. Enlightened by his occult and cultural studies, David has brought light to a little understood area of human experience..
The Kids Are All Rite: Traditionalism, Magic, Punk & “As-If”
Just as the folklore-fueled punk of the Pogues obliterated boundaries of time and distance for me, the D. I. Y. movement tore down the walls I’d assumed stood between pro and amateur, between artist and audience.
Rainbow Wizard Science
Colin Bowring is a real life rainbow wizard. Smoke rings, lasers and mirrors oh my! Check out these shots from his recent gallery show.
Reclaiming Art: An Interview with J.F. Martel
J.F. Martel’s new book, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice: A Treatise, a Critique, and Call to Action (Evolver Editions/North Atlantic Books), is a powerful invocation to return to what is arguably art’s central purpose, “to call us back to the source.”
Je suis Charlie musulmane, or The Art of Liminal Identity
The in-between is a space for outsider-insiders, the Hermes of tongues and lungs of many breaths, the mouths that spell and negate voice and speech right from the pitched-up tents of liminal life.
Art, Artifice and Entheodelic Storytelling [Electric Lyre Podcast]
For my inaugural podcast, Electric Lyre: Alterations of Consciousness, I sat down with J.F. Martel (author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice) and Benton Rooks (RS Writer and author of the graphic novels KALI YUGA and TRETA YUGA).
The New York Times Calls for Marijuana Legalization
The New York Times editorial board published this groundbreaking article: “Repeal Prohibition, Again.”
William Gibson Talks Fashion, Futurism and Science Fiction
William Gibson writes for the Wall Street Journal, “We Can’t Know What the Future Will Bring,” using this fall’s “mind bending” fashion styles to reflect on how we imagine the future to be.
“Art and Other Disruptive Technologies” [Psychedelic Salon]
Today we feature two interesting talks: Art as Technology and Crypto-anarchy.
