• #Psychonaut |“Imagine the buddha, reincarnated as a mild-mannered science-fiction obsessed architect and you’ll have an easier time understanding the enigma that is Paul Laffoley. Laffoley’s futurist blueprints take the viewer on a journey to the outer limits of metaphysical speculation, bridging consciousness and matter. Stare at one of them long enough, and an entirely new cosmos is revealed.” – Richard Metzger from DisinfoTV on Paul Laffoley (1935 – 2015), American visionary artist and architect. Laffoley applied a trans-disciplinary approach to the practice of painting, combining philosophy, science, architecture and spirituality. He wrote on the revival of symbolism in art, which he felt connected thinking and feeling.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Artwork by Paul Laffoley, which was used on the cover of Marianus's 1980 Magical Man album⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #PaulLaffoley #Marianus #MagicalMan #albumcoverart #albumartwork #consciousness #cosmos #visionaryart #symbolism #spirituality
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    #Psychonaut |“Imagine the buddha, reincarnated as a mild-mannered science-fiction obsessed architect and you’ll have an easier time understanding the enigma that is Paul Laffoley. Laffoley’s futurist blueprints take the viewer on a journey to the outer limits of metaphysical speculation, bridging consciousness and matter. Stare at one of them long enough, and an entirely new cosmos is revealed.” – Richard Metzger from DisinfoTV on Paul Laffoley (1935 – 2015), American visionary artist and architect. Laffoley applied a trans-disciplinary approach to the practice of painting, combining philosophy, science, architecture and spirituality. He wrote on the revival of symbolism in art, which he felt connected thinking and feeling.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Artwork by Paul Laffoley, which was used on the cover of Marianus's 1980 Magical Man album⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #PaulLaffoley #Marianus #MagicalMan #albumcoverart #albumartwork #consciousness #cosmos #visionaryart #symbolism #spirituality
  • #Psychonaut | I've drawn many satyrs, this one based on a drawing by Maxfield Parrish. The geometric circles arrive at the ear of the meditative figure to suggest the act of listening. — Milton Glaser (b. 1929), NY-based graphic designer.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Saratoga Festival, 1980 by @MiltonGlaserinc⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #SaratogaFestival #MiltonGlaserinc #MiltonGlaser
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    #Psychonaut | I've drawn many satyrs, this one based on a drawing by Maxfield Parrish. The geometric circles arrive at the ear of the meditative figure to suggest the act of listening. — Milton Glaser (b. 1929), NY-based graphic designer.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Saratoga Festival, 1980 by @MiltonGlaserinc⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #SaratogaFestival #MiltonGlaserinc #MiltonGlaser
  • #Psychonaut | “A Google search for black researchers in the field of psychedelic therapy will yield a single result — Dr. Monnica T. Williams.” – Elijah C. Watson for Okayplayer. Dr. Monnica Williams is leading the first-ever study on MDMA and its effects on people of color. Williams says, “Because of the criminalization of all these substances and the fallout from the war on drugs, African Americans face a lot of danger when it comes to using drugs or even talking about them in a way that isn’t true for white people.” Bravely describing her firsthand experience in MDMA trials, she recalls in an interview with Psychedelic Times, “We started talking about that kid that was me. My therapist asked if I could find some love in my heart for her, and I said, “No; I hate her.” She asked, “Why do you hate her so much?” And I said — with tears streaming down my face —“Because she was so vulnerable.” It was intolerable. Black people are taught we have to be strong — all the time. But no one can be strong all the time. And no one should have to be.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: “Mind of My Mind” by John Jude Palencar, acrylic on board⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #blackpsychedelia #psychedelicsoul #MonnicaTWilliams #MDMA #JohnJudePalencar
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    #Psychonaut | “A Google search for black researchers in the field of psychedelic therapy will yield a single result — Dr. Monnica T. Williams.” – Elijah C. Watson for Okayplayer. Dr. Monnica Williams is leading the first-ever study on MDMA and its effects on people of color. Williams says, “Because of the criminalization of all these substances and the fallout from the war on drugs, African Americans face a lot of danger when it comes to using drugs or even talking about them in a way that isn’t true for white people.” Bravely describing her firsthand experience in MDMA trials, she recalls in an interview with Psychedelic Times, “We started talking about that kid that was me. My therapist asked if I could find some love in my heart for her, and I said, “No; I hate her.” She asked, “Why do you hate her so much?” And I said — with tears streaming down my face —“Because she was so vulnerable.” It was intolerable. Black people are taught we have to be strong — all the time. But no one can be strong all the time. And no one should have to be.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: “Mind of My Mind” by John Jude Palencar, acrylic on board⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #blackpsychedelia #psychedelicsoul #MonnicaTWilliams #MDMA #JohnJudePalencar
  • #Psychonaut | “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it... It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.” ― Martha Graham, American modern dancer and choreographer⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Artwork by Tadanori Yokoo, Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #MarthaGraham #TadanoriYokoo
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    #Psychonaut | “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it... It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.” ― Martha Graham, American modern dancer and choreographer⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Artwork by Tadanori Yokoo, Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #MarthaGraham #TadanoriYokoo
  • #Psychonaut | They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. ― Hermann Hesse⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Photography of NARA co-founders @theartgypsy and @AshleyEdes from a @NARAcollective collaboration with @FutureEyes. We’ll be showing the series Aug 8th 6-11pm @innerspacela DTLA in a group show with @of.aurora @kaylafineart @griffinloop ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #HermannHesse #futureeyes #becoming #being
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    #Psychonaut | They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. ― Hermann Hesse⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Photography of NARA co-founders @theartgypsy and @AshleyEdes from a @NARAcollective collaboration with @FutureEyes. We’ll be showing the series Aug 8th 6-11pm @innerspacela DTLA in a group show with @of.aurora @kaylafineart @griffinloop ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #HermannHesse #futureeyes #becoming #being
  • #Psychonaut | There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors. —Jim Morrison⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: The Doors 1967 Original Concert Postcard from The Avalon Ballroom by Victor Moscoso. Moscoso is a Spanish-American artist best known for producing psychedelic rock posters, advertisements, and underground comix in San Francisco during the 60s and 70s. Moscoso's use of vibrating colors was influenced by painter Josef Albers, one of his teachers at Yale. He was the first of the rock poster artists to use photographic collage in many of his posters.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #thedoors #JimMorrison #VictorMoscoso #comix #JosefAlbers #psychedelicposters #rockposters
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    #Psychonaut | There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors. —Jim Morrison⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: The Doors 1967 Original Concert Postcard from The Avalon Ballroom by Victor Moscoso. Moscoso is a Spanish-American artist best known for producing psychedelic rock posters, advertisements, and underground comix in San Francisco during the 60s and 70s. Moscoso's use of vibrating colors was influenced by painter Josef Albers, one of his teachers at Yale. He was the first of the rock poster artists to use photographic collage in many of his posters.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #thedoors #JimMorrison #VictorMoscoso #comix #JosefAlbers #psychedelicposters #rockposters
  • #Psychonaut | In this state of being, a seeker feels the fragrance of friendliness showering from all directions. One feels an at-homeness with the earth and sky, the trees, the birds, the mountains, the rivers and the waterfalls and everything in nature. One feels oneness with the whole existence. This is what is meant by Godliness. God is not some person sitting high up in the sky like an emperor giving commandments to his empire. God is this totality and the wholeness of existence – this very life that surrounds us. – Swami Chaitanya Keerti⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Tomorrow Never Knows by Alan Aldridge⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #AlanAldridge #SwamiChaitanyaKeerti #osho #seeker
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    #Psychonaut | In this state of being, a seeker feels the fragrance of friendliness showering from all directions. One feels an at-homeness with the earth and sky, the trees, the birds, the mountains, the rivers and the waterfalls and everything in nature. One feels oneness with the whole existence. This is what is meant by Godliness. God is not some person sitting high up in the sky like an emperor giving commandments to his empire. God is this totality and the wholeness of existence – this very life that surrounds us. – Swami Chaitanya Keerti⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Tomorrow Never Knows by Alan Aldridge⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #AlanAldridge #SwamiChaitanyaKeerti #osho #seeker
  • #Psychonaut | “An architect of worlds and often labyrinthine confusions, Pedro Friedeberg (Florence, 1936) and his work have astonished the world for more than 50 years. A deeply eccentric artist, he’s the purveyor of a poetic, psychedelic surrealism that eludes any attempt at definition, and still traps, in a tangle of colors and forms, anyone who dares to be immersed within his landscape.” –Faena Aleph on Friedeberg’s body of work, along with his obsessively crowded and meticulously detailed canvases, which often referenced Tantric scriptures, Aztec codices, Catholicism, Hinduism and symbols of the occult.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Anyone know the title of this painting by Pedro Friedeberg?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #PedroFriedeberg #MexicanSurrealist #Surrealism #psychedelicsurrealism #Tantra #Hinduism
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    #Psychonaut | “An architect of worlds and often labyrinthine confusions, Pedro Friedeberg (Florence, 1936) and his work have astonished the world for more than 50 years. A deeply eccentric artist, he’s the purveyor of a poetic, psychedelic surrealism that eludes any attempt at definition, and still traps, in a tangle of colors and forms, anyone who dares to be immersed within his landscape.” –Faena Aleph on Friedeberg’s body of work, along with his obsessively crowded and meticulously detailed canvases, which often referenced Tantric scriptures, Aztec codices, Catholicism, Hinduism and symbols of the occult.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Anyone know the title of this painting by Pedro Friedeberg?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #PedroFriedeberg #MexicanSurrealist #Surrealism #psychedelicsurrealism #Tantra #Hinduism
  • #Psychonaut | “This was the dream. We were on a spiritual quest. This is what we were born to do: we were born to change everything.” As the psychedelic San Francisco of the '60's began evolving into the gay San Francisco of the '70's, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies (women, gay men, and babies), formed a psychedelic gay liberation theater collective known as The Cockettes. Founded by Hibiscus (George Edgerly Harris II), a commune member who embraced drag and drugs as paths to spiritual liberation and proposed the idea of putting their lifestyle on the stage. ''The Cockettes were the last hurrah of the pre-ironic avant-garde, an explosive cultural and visual statement on the new gender.'' —David Weissman, director of the documentary “The Cockettes.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Does anyone know photographer for the featured image of Hibiscus?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #thecockettes #gayliberation #LBGTQ #Hibiscus #DavidWeissman
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    #Psychonaut | “This was the dream. We were on a spiritual quest. This is what we were born to do: we were born to change everything.” As the psychedelic San Francisco of the '60's began evolving into the gay San Francisco of the '70's, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies (women, gay men, and babies), formed a psychedelic gay liberation theater collective known as The Cockettes. Founded by Hibiscus (George Edgerly Harris II), a commune member who embraced drag and drugs as paths to spiritual liberation and proposed the idea of putting their lifestyle on the stage. ''The Cockettes were the last hurrah of the pre-ironic avant-garde, an explosive cultural and visual statement on the new gender.'' —David Weissman, director of the documentary “The Cockettes.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Does anyone know photographer for the featured image of Hibiscus?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #thecockettes #gayliberation #LBGTQ #Hibiscus #DavidWeissman
  • #Psychonaut | The featured poster by artist and organizer Michael Bowen was designed for the 1967 Human Be-In in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park – which introduced the word psychedelic to suburbia. Bowen saw the creation of this event as performance art. Sparked by a new California law banning the use of LSD, the gathering focused on key ideas of the 1960s counterculture: personal empowerment, cultural and political decentralization, communal living, ecological awareness, higher consciousness, acceptance of illicit psychedelics and radical liberal political consciousness. Billed as a Gathering of the Tribes, the roster included Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (soon to be known as Ram Dass”), Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Dick Gregory, Alan Watts, The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane – with the Hells Angels providing security. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #HumanBeIn #MichaelBowen #counterculture #TimothyLeary #RamDass #AllenGinsberg #GarySnyder #DickGregory #AlanWatts #TheGratefulDead #JeffersonAirplane #decentralization #LSD #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics
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    #Psychonaut | The featured poster by artist and organizer Michael Bowen was designed for the 1967 Human Be-In in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park – which introduced the word psychedelic to suburbia. Bowen saw the creation of this event as performance art. Sparked by a new California law banning the use of LSD, the gathering focused on key ideas of the 1960s counterculture: personal empowerment, cultural and political decentralization, communal living, ecological awareness, higher consciousness, acceptance of illicit psychedelics and radical liberal political consciousness. Billed as a Gathering of the Tribes, the roster included Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (soon to be known as Ram Dass”), Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Dick Gregory, Alan Watts, The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane – with the Hells Angels providing security. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #HumanBeIn #MichaelBowen #counterculture #TimothyLeary #RamDass #AllenGinsberg #GarySnyder #DickGregory #AlanWatts #TheGratefulDead #JeffersonAirplane #decentralization #LSD #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics
  • #Psychonaut | Released in 1967 by British pop rock band the Hollies, the featured ‘Evolution’ album cover includes photography by Karl Ferris who is credited with creating the first truly psychedelic photograph for an album cover. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #theHollies #albumart #KarlFerris #evolution #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #psychedelicphotography
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    #Psychonaut | Released in 1967 by British pop rock band the Hollies, the featured ‘Evolution’ album cover includes photography by Karl Ferris who is credited with creating the first truly psychedelic photograph for an album cover. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ NARA collective is a creative studio for conscious artists and brands - follow our page for our bi-monthly curated magazine. July/August theme: #Psychonaut - an exploration of altered states of consciousness. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #theHollies #albumart #KarlFerris #evolution #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney #psychedelicphotography
  • #Psychonaut | A psychonaut - derived from the Ancient Greek psychē (soul, spirit, mind) and naútēs (sailor, navigator) – is a person who induces altered states of consciousness for gaining insights into the human condition. The term, used by occultist Peter J. Carrol in his 1982 ‘chaos magic manual,’ includes entheogens (psychoactive substances for sacred use) as well as shamanism, lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, meditation and sensory deprivation. Over the next two months, we’ll be sharing insights from the inner journeys of #psychonauts – weaving in science, spirituality, history, psychology, philosophy and art.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Photography of NARA co-founders @theartgypsy and @AshleyEdes from a @NARAcollective collaboration with @FutureEyes. We’ll be showing the series Aug 8th 6-11pm @innerspacela DTLA in a group show with @of.aurora @kaylafineart @griffinloop ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney
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    #Psychonaut | A psychonaut - derived from the Ancient Greek psychē (soul, spirit, mind) and naútēs (sailor, navigator) – is a person who induces altered states of consciousness for gaining insights into the human condition. The term, used by occultist Peter J. Carrol in his 1982 ‘chaos magic manual,’ includes entheogens (psychoactive substances for sacred use) as well as shamanism, lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, meditation and sensory deprivation. Over the next two months, we’ll be sharing insights from the inner journeys of #psychonauts – weaving in science, spirituality, history, psychology, philosophy and art.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ +⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Featured: Photography of NARA co-founders @theartgypsy and @AshleyEdes from a @NARAcollective collaboration with @FutureEyes. We’ll be showing the series Aug 8th 6-11pm @innerspacela DTLA in a group show with @of.aurora @kaylafineart @griffinloop ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #psychoactive #consciousness #awakening #alteredstates #shamanism #spirituality #psychedelic #psychedelicart #psychedelics #plantmedicine #ritual #innerwork #innerjourney