Computer ART - omg420 - Cosmic Face in the Clouds by Gregory Vanderlaan
psychedelic art created in paint dot net
and then My Mind Sprouted - Purple64ETS
I remember riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Ozark Mountains and looking up at the giant puffy clouds after spending an afternoon swimming at the old swimming hole and smoking "MULE" marijuana and my brother in law said: "Those are the type of clouds that make you expect to see God." and he was right... they did look like those European Paintings done during The Renassance... I believe the style of painting is called surrealistic... and we got to see what the master painters saw... Because we were lucky enough to smoke "MULE." They call it Mule because it Kicks You In The Head.
I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.
I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.
During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...