A Vision

In 1976 my wife, Allyson, and I had an experience that changed our lives and our art. We sacramentally ingested a large dose of LSD and lay down. Eventually a heightened state of consciousness emerged in which I was no longer aware of physical reality or my body in any conventional sense. I felt and saw my interconnectedness with all beings and things in a vast and brilliant Universal Mind Lattice. Every being and thing in the universe was a toroidal fountain and drain of self-illuminating love energy, a cellular node or jewel in a network that linked omni-directionally without end. All duality of self and other was overcome in this infinite  dimension of spiritual light. I felt I had been there before, or perhaps in some way was always there. This was the state beyond birth and death, beyond time, our true nature, which seemed more real than any physical surrounding and more real even than my physical body. The clear light matrix arose out of a field of pure emptiness. As utterly convincing as it was, when the light receded, I opened my eyes to behold Allyson and our bedroom once again. I was somewhat shocked to learn that she had experienced the exact same trans-personal dimension at the same time, which we determined by our descriptive drawings and discussion of the awesome beauty of the state. This experience of the infinite net of spirit transformed our lives and gave us a subject that became the focus of our art and our mission.

- Alex Grey

Pablo Picasso Facts according to sakri from reddit

* Picasso was the greatest artist of the 20th century.
* Pablo is a mammal.
* Picasso paints ALL the time.
* The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.
* Picasso’s work spans many styles from realism to abstraction.

“I can live without god. I can’t live without painting.” – Van Gogh from the film Vincent and Theo

“I do not take drugs. I am drugs.”

“Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí.”