Woah. Third day now: taking a quick dinner break. Mind is flying. This has been one of the most amazing times of my life. Susan Blackmore spoke on the consciousness does-it-actually-exist inquiry. Basketball video with a funky looking gorilla costume. Anyone catch the girl up at the front asking her the question about "hallucinations" being an illusion similar to consciousness? Blue and green plastic hair, me gots. Being a performance artist mascot for the psychedelic fringe community is working out pretty sweet. Some of the best minds I've ever met: this is the cutting edge if I've ever seen it. The new aeon crayon! The paranoia panal was genius. R.U. Sirius? We finally met each other: can't wait for us to exchange some more theories. Lorenzo Hagerty mentioning the Homo Divinus (us! hehe separatism iz bak and radikal!) species surviving 2012. Standing ovation for this one, there was.
The opera tribute to the life of Terence Mckenna was a universe in itself. Anton Barbeau? Met sweet girl who got up and danced with me. Susan got up and danced with us too! I digs her attitude.
And it was all about the Alex Grey after party, where he guided us through a transcendental meditation that went far beyond words. So much passion. One of the most captivating experiences ever. Amazing blend of art, tekno, and poetry. Intense metaphoric descriptions of body parts evolving.
Next day this "expert" girl came up to speak and recited some really basic information on cyberpunk. Stuff that everyone already knew. I asked her if living in a culture where ideas for Hollywood movies (such as The Matrix) were ripped off from the original innovators decades and decades ago: a culture where "take it to the next step" and "advance to the next level" are marketing strategies: was a reason to be ironic and wear synthetic hair and create political dadaist art sculptures composed of random circuit boards. Met a few SRL people.
Some of the most beautiful artwork I've ever seen. Allyson Grey showed us her chaos/order/sacred numbers paintings. Beyond impressive.
I've never been happier. So many new friends!
::hugs to working friends who couldn't be here this time::
Snuck a few of my smartpunk friends in too. We need more psychedelic anarchists in this world, I tells ya, and not all of us gots money.  |
