Some people who make art consider it a spiritual practice. For them, it’s more than just a fun activity. It’s a way to express who they are while connecting with something profound deep within them. Being creative allows them to venture into their mind and soul, forming a vital connection that many people are sadly […]
Artists: Let’s Bring Compassion to the World
I wrote the following for the 224th issue of the Weekly Awareness Guide, a written document distributed weekly via email that I offer for $11.11 a month. Income from the guide helps me get by and ensures I can continue to offer free content, and every subscription is appreciated. The option to subscribe is given […]
The Teachers Speak: Terence McKenna on Psychedelics, Art and Empowerment – Part 2/2
Continued from Part 1. Quotes taken from End All Disease. McKenna also encourages us to turn our backs on our defunct culture and create something new with the imagination. “You simply have to turn your back on a culture that has gone sterile and dead and get with the program of a living world and […]
The Teachers Speak: Terence McKenna on Psychedelics, Art and Empowerment – Part 1/2
I could give the usual description of Terence McKenna – he was a writer, author, lecturer and advocate of psychedelic drugs – but it doesn’t really capture what he was about. He was a pioneer in the psychedelic movement, and he believed that the use of psychedelics is the best way to expand our consciousness […]
San Diego Artist Could Be Seeing An Extra Dimension Of Colour
Concetta Antico got her first set of oil paints at the age of seven. Art has been in her life ever since. In her painting Waddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack, Concetta Antico renders ducks with unusual colors such as orange, purple and green. “I painted album covers, in my teens, on the walls of my room,” […]