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Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Click to see the Animation!

Relax and Enjoy...

Focus Your Attention on

Your Deep Breathing...

Prayer and Meditation...

Contact with the Divine...

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An Art Show of Original Javascript Designs... written by me... Gregory Vanderlaan

Original Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - many of these images are for sale at Zazzle Gregvan - printed on Buttons, Coffee Cups and Ornaments

Above Artwork For Sale

Printed on a Button

at Zazzle Gregvan

Janis Ian Said: Facebook's AI "fact checkers" have labeled a quote I put up as false news. Actually it was a quote Robin Williams said, in a film. Astonishing how they can't get rid of those skinky people who want to friend you out of nowhere, or send you pictures of their private parts, or introduce you to gorgeous Russian women, and they can't get rid of all of these election deniers, but they can pick a Robin Williams quote and tell me that factually it's incorrect when in fact it was just a feeling and opinion. So please enjoy this chatbot from meta's AI last year, while I search for another quote.

Arcata Plaza GIF - Driving Around and Around and Around and Around Downtown Arcata, California... and then we go around again!

I'm a big fan of JEOPARDY!

"What are Pixels?" is the WRONG Question about Roy Lichtenstein's Artwork. The Correct Question is actually "What are Ben Day Dot Patterns?"

Pixels had not been invented when Roy was Painting in the 1960s...

This is the only time the Show JEOPARDY was WRONG! That I've Noticed...

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein "His first work to feature the large-scale use of hard-edged figures and Ben-Day dots was Look Mickey (1961, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).[20]"

Pixel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel

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And Some Guy on FaceBorg Said:

Hey everyone. Figured I could get a chance to talk to any hippies from "back in the day" here. This has been bugging me for years, but I wasn't there, so I don't know. How did we lose the culture? I mean seriously. Directly following the "Summer Of Love" we had Nixon, and then the Reagan 80s, the Clinton 90s, and today. What happened? I'm sorry, but the hippies were right. How did we become a footnote in history, rather than the societal change that was hoped for?

And I Replied: Well... In 1976, I got married to a Woman that didn't smoke marijuana or eat psychedelics... But She was Great at Sex... and I Got a Wonderful Job as a Draftsman in a Computer Factory... and about then I started TO HAVE DOUBTS about my Hippie Beliefs... Since the Quality of My Life was Much Better! After Five Years We Got Divorced and I REGAINED My Hippie Beliefs... Got a Guitar and a Synthesizer - Joined a Band - Started to Go to a Lot of Anti-War Protest Marches in Downtown Washington DC... Changed my Job from Working for the Air Force to Working for the Postal Service... NO LONGER Was I Designing WEAPONS... anyway... I bet a LOT of Hippies Tried The YUPPIE WAY for a few years... But Eventually It Just Didn't Work...

and Some Other Guy Said: The masses weren't ready for the beauty that hippiedom was bringing. Even John Lennons Imagine didn't pan out. At least those of us that understand continue to live and love. The old saying is "be the change you would like to see." I will continue to do that.

Carlos Castaneda wrote many Great Books about the Brujo Don Juan Mateus, a Yaqui Indian. He taught a different view of the world using medicinal plants and reality-stretching exercises.

The first book is called "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge". It's a Classic anthropological study of Mexican Indians. Required reading in freshman cultural-anthropology at Chico State in 1973... The people in the book used the teachings to learn how to run thru the desert at full speed it total darkness using power from an "ally" that looked like a moth... Hence the images of men running... and Moths. They were also able to travel instantly from one place to another...

Often in these books, Carlos and Juan do things that are absolutely impossible... If you believe the traditional view of reality... However, the first set

on the path of knowledge is to "question reality".

The book "Tales of Power" has many images in it that I used to make this animation... Like "finding your hands while dreaming": a way to take control of your dreams and use them to learn.

https://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Castaneda/e/B000APXVFG

Carlos Castaneda wrote of "seeing" people as luminous eggs... with bolts of power connecting their midsections to the world around them.

I'm re-reading all those books again... a worthwhile use of my time... The Teachings of Don Juan starts the series... A Separate Reality, Journey to Ixtlan, The Eagle's Gift, Tales of Power and The Second Ring of Power... These books document a cultural anthropologist 's study of Mexican Indians, psychedelics and Toltec Warriors. The first book is about psylocibin, datura and peyote experiences but the author quickly outgrows these and embarks on a magical journey learning the ancient arts of "stalking" and "dreaming".

A complementary author is Don Miguel Ruiz... The Four Agreements... They work well together.

and I remember doing a POWER WALK after a Grateful Dead Concert... I took ONE STEP and Grocked Everything there was to know about That Location... and then I took Another Step... and Grocked THAT Location... and Many Silly Deadheads Mocked Me For Walking SO FAST! "Watch Out Everybody! This Guy is Speeding TOO FAST! Danger Danger!" and I walked that way

all the way to my car in the parking lot...

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Great Book: "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz, a Toltec Brujo from Mexico. (Doctor/Priest/Teacher.)

1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.

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Tripping

(1999 Ken Kesey / Merry Pranksters documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh2kK5IfS-8

Inca Sun God - Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42

Hypno-Disk Animated GIF ---> AND <--- The Trance Inducing Lyrics to “Space Hymn” by Lothar and the Hand People: Link to the VIDEO of Theremin Music and Synthesizers... Spinning Rainbow Spirals

(spoken) Now, sit in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and listen very closely to the sound of my voice. Imagine that there is nothing but you and the sound. Floating freely high above the Earth. Now, as you listen you will begin to relax. Every sound you hear relaxes you further. Just you and the sound. Your arms and legs feel heavy. Very heavy. Like lead. Every sound takes you deeper and deeper. Nothing can disturb you. Every muscle, every part of your body is relaxing further and further as you drift down deeper and deeper. You are floating away from the sound of my voice but you can still hear it. Imagine you are riding down an escalator. Slowly going down farther and farther into deep relaxation. Feels so good. Now, I’m going to count backwards from five to zero and on every number you will go another level deeper. Relaxing more completely on every count until I reach zero. On zero you go twice as deep. Backwards from five to zero. Deeper on every count and on zero, twice as deep. Five, so relaxed. Four… Three… Two… down, down, One… Zero… way, way down. Imagine you are floating high above the Earth in deep space looking out on the universe. Floating free in Space. Uplifted and filled with a silent “Ahh” watching the movement of the stars.

(sung) Standing on the Moon, filled with thoughts of home, Earth so slowly turning, twenty thousand years, human hopes and fears, are we finally learning? Riders together on a Starship of stone, living together, trying together, dying alone. La La, La La La…

If everyone listened to this song the world would be a better place.

The Video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oVz9qTtRBU