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Amanita muscaria ------ Die Vergiftungserscheinungen des Fliegenpilzes werden gemeinsam mit denen des Pantherpilzes (Amanita pantherina) unter der Bezeichnung „Pantherina-Syndrom“ zusammengefasst. Die Latenzzeit wird allgemein mit ½ bis 3 Stunden angegeben. Danach treten Symptome auf, die insgesamt einem Alkoholrausch ähnlich sind: Verwirrung, Sprachstörungen, Ataxie, starke motorische Unruhe, Mydriasis, Mattigkeit. Je nach Stimmungslage stehen Angstgefühl und Depressionen, Gleichgültigkeit oder Euphorie bis hin zu seligem Glücksrausch im Vordergrund. Typisch sind weiterhin Störungen des Persönlichkeits-, Orts- und Zeitgefühls. Berichtet wird auch von einem Gefühl des Schwebens, von überdurchschnittlichen Leibeskräften, von Farbillusionen und seltener von echten Halluzinationen. Tremor, Krämpfe und klonische Muskelzuckungen werden häufig beobachtet. Ein tiefer Schlaf beendet dann meist nach 10 bis 15 Stunden das Pantherina-Syndrom. Die Patienten sind danach meist einigermaßen erholt und ohne Erinnerung an die durchgemachte Vergiftung. Nur in seltenen Fällen bleiben für einige Zeit Spätfolgen bestehen: Interessenlosigkeit, leichte Ermüdbarkeit, Gedächtnisschwäche.
Insgesamt wird deutlich, dass der Fliegenpilz nicht als Halluzinogen, sondern als Delirantium wirkt, bei dem die Einsicht in Ursache und Wirkung des Rausches verlorengegangen ist. Es treten die für Delirantia typischen Bewusstseinstrübungen und Realitätsverkennungen auf und die Überzeugung, fremde Personen seien anwesend. Die optischen Halluzinationen (falls sie überhaupt auftreten) sind nicht stark farbig, dafür treten akustische Halluzinationen auf. Typischerweise fehlt die Einsicht in die Künstlichkeit des Vorganges, die Beobachterposition und die Erinnerung an den Wirkhöhepunkt gehen verloren. --------------------------------
Amanita muscaria poisoning has occurred in young children and in people who ingested the mushrooms for a hallucinogenic experience.[12][48][49] Occasionally it has been ingested in error, because immature button forms resemble puffballs.[50] The white spots sometimes wash away during heavy rain and the mushrooms then may appear to be the edible A. caesarea.[51]
Amanita muscaria contains several biologically active agents, at least one of which, muscimol, is known to be psychoactive. Ibotenic acid, a neurotoxin, serves as a prodrug to muscimol, with approximately 10–20% converting to muscimol after ingestion. An active dose in adults is approximately 6 mg muscimol or 30 to 60 mg ibotenic acid;[52][53] this is typically about the amount found in one cap of Amanita muscaria.[54] The amount and ratio of chemical compounds per mushroom varies widely from region to region and season to season, which can further confuse the issue. Spring and summer mushrooms have been reported to contain up to 10 times more ibotenic acid and muscimol than autumn fruitings.
The wide range of psychoactive effects can be variously described as depressant, sedative-hypnotic, psychedelic, dissociative, and deliriant; paradoxical effects such as stimulation may occur however. Perceptual phenomena such as synesthesia, macropsia, and micropsia may occur. Some users report lucid dreaming under the influence of its hypnotic effects. Unlike Psilocybe cubensis, A. muscaria cannot be commercially cultivated, due to its mycorrhizal relationship with the roots of pine trees. However, following the outlawing of psilocybin mushrooms in the United Kingdom in 2006, the sale of the still legal A. muscaria began increasing.[87]
Professor Marija Gimbutas, a renowned Lithuanian historian, reported to R. Gordon Wasson on the use of this mushroom in Lithuania. In remote areas of Lithuania Amanita muscaria has been consumed at wedding feasts, in which mushrooms were mixed with vodka. The professor also reported that the Lithuanians used to export A. muscaria to the Lapps in the Far North for use in shamanic rituals. The Lithuanian festivities are the only report that Wasson received of ingestion of fly agaric for religious use in Eastern Europe.
Amanita muscaria was widely used as an entheogen by many of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. Its use was known among almost all of the Uralic-speaking peoples of western Siberia and the Paleosiberian-speaking peoples of the Russian Far East. There are only isolated reports of A. muscaria use among the Tungusic and Turkic peoples of central Siberia and it is believed that on the whole entheogenic use of A. muscaria was not practised by these peoples.[89] In western Siberia, the use of A. muscaria was restricted to shamans, who used it as an alternative method of achieving a trance state. (Normally, Siberian shamans achieve trance by prolonged drumming and dancing.) In eastern Siberia, A. muscaria was used by both shamans and laypeople alike, and was used recreationally as well as religiously.[89] In eastern Siberia, the shaman would take the mushrooms, and others would drink his urine.[90] This urine, still containing psychoactive elements, may be more potent than the A. muscaria mushrooms with fewer negative effects such as sweating and twitching, suggesting that the initial user may act as a screening filter for other components in the mushroom.[91]
The Koryak of eastern Siberia have a story about the fly agaric (wapaq) which enabled Big Raven to carry a whale to its home. In the story, the deity Vahiyinin ("Existence") spat onto earth, and his spittle became the wapaq, and his saliva becomes the warts. After experiencing the power of the wapaq, Raven was so exhilarated that he told it to grow forever on earth so his children, the people, could learn from it.[92] Among the Koryaks, one report said that the poor would consume the urine of the wealthy, who could afford to buy the mushrooms. -------------------------------------------------------------
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Contes barbares [1902] -
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Gauguin's Contes Barbares depicts a man in a missionary dress crouching behind two barely clad figures in a post-lapsarian paradise heady with scents and textures. This demonic persona stems from the 1889 Portrait of Meijer de Haan, whom Gauguin transformed into an icon of the artist as maverick sage, conflating Milton's Paradise Lost with Carlyle's Sartor Resartus. The artist as prophet defies convention through Baudelaire's notion of "barbare", denoting a schematic language by which synesthesia gives art meaning. Long hailed as an inspiration for the mystical concept of synesthesia, Baudelaire's poem "Correspondences" provided Gauguin with a paradigm for his belief in art as revelation. The parable encoded in Contes Barbares aligns the fate of the dying Oceania with Gauguin's own imminent death; it transcends surface reality not only to enable the audience to experience the realm of truth behind appearances, but ultimately to proclaim that this is the very mission of art.
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Where the leaves of autumn come to a consensus of when to fall to the ground.
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Wassily Kandinsky -
A Motley Life [1907]
Das bunte Leben [1907]
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"A Motley Life" (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky depicts a vibrant, crowded scene filled with diverse figures and activities, suggesting a complex and multifaceted view of life. The painting, executed in tempera on canvas, showcases Kandinsky's early exploration of color, form, and narrative, while also hinting at his later development of abstract art.
Here's a more detailed interpretation:
1. A Scene of Diverse Activities: The painting presents a multitude of figures engaged in various actions: people eating, laughing, praying, a mother and child, a priest, elders, an archer, a knight, a musician, and more. This chaotic yet engaging collection of individuals and events gives the impression of a bustling, vibrant, and possibly even contradictory view of life.
2. Expressionistic Style: Kandinsky employs bold colors and dynamic forms, characteristic of the Expressionist movement. The figures are stylized, and the overall atmosphere is dreamlike and intense, reflecting the emotional depth Kandinsky aimed to convey.
3. Early Exploration of Abstraction: While not fully abstract, "A Motley Life" demonstrates Kandinsky's early interest in transcending purely representational art. The painting's composition, with its aerial perspective and overlapping elements, can be seen as a step towards the more abstract forms and compositions he would later develop.
4. Synesthesia and Spiritualism: Some interpretations suggest that Kandinsky, potentially influenced by synesthesia, aimed to evoke a sense of sound and movement through visual means. Furthermore, the painting can be seen as an early expression of Kandinsky's interest in the spiritual dimensions of art, a theme he would later elaborate on in his writings.
5. Contrasts and Contradictions: The painting juxtaposes joyous and somber moments, earthly and spiritual elements, suggesting a complex and sometimes contradictory nature of life. This interplay of contrasting elements contributes to the painting's overall sense of dynamism and intrigue.
6. Influence of Russian Culture: The painting's roots are deeply anchored in Russian culture, with elements like the Russian Orthodox priest and the depiction of a Russian town visible in the background. This grounding in his cultural heritage is important to understanding Kandinsky's artistic development.
In essence, "A Motley Life" is a rich and complex artwork that encapsulates Kandinsky's early artistic explorations, his growing interest in abstraction, and his engagement with themes of spirituality, culture, and the multifaceted nature of human experience.
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Since I'm not a fan of Coldplay, and would rather listen to the raw talent that is A Capella, I present to you another synesthesia painting; this time, to the colors of Viva La Vida as performed by the greatly-gifted University of Buffalo A Capella choir.
For those of you unfamiliar with synethesia, a definition nabbed from the medical dictionary online:
"A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with touch, etc. The senses are cross-wired. For example, when a digit-color synesthete sees or just thinks of a number, the number appears with a color film over it. A given number's color never changes; it appears every time with the number. Synesthesia can take many forms. A synesthete may sense the taste of chicken as a pointed object. Other synesthetes hear colors. Still others may have several senses cross-wired.
Estimates of the frequency of synesthesia range from 1 in 250,000 to 1 in 2,000. People with synesthesia are 6 times more likely to be female than male. Most synesthetes find their unusual sensory abilities enjoyable.
People with synesthesia often report that one or more of their family members also have synesthesia, so it may in at least some cases be an inherited condition.
It may be that synesthesia arises when particular senses fail to become fully independent of one another during normal development. According to this school of thought, all babies are synesthetes. Synesthesia can be induced by certain hallucinogenic drugs and can also occur in some types of seizure disorders."
According a test I took with synesthete.org to help aid researchers in better-understanding this condition, I have at least 12 different forms of it, including...
Numbers--Color
Letters--Color
Weekdays--Color
Months--Color
Time sequences--Spatial locations
(Sequences such as numbers, weekdays or months seen in a three-dimensional space around me)
Musical Pitch--Color
Musical Chords--Color
Musical Instruments--Color
Pain--Color
Personalities--Color
Emotion--Color
The painting above is a little smaller than my usual works (this time only about 6"X 6"), but is still one of my favorites. I feel that this one in particular shows what I 'see' when I listen to the music.
You can hear the exact version I listened to while painting this HERE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOaclY2MDaY
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ALSO! I'LL BE NEEDING YOUR HELP IN CHOSING THE NEXT SONG TO PAINT!
I'm trying to decide between...
An a capella version of 'Across the Universe'...
Any song by Daft Punk....
'The Kids Aren't Alright' by The Offspring...
Or a re-do of 'Whereabouts Unknown' by Rise Against.
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Tannic acids galore represent that vast majority of the prime movers responsible for the colorful autumnal displays across the wooded lands of the world courtesy of the omnipresent quercus rubra species and its next of kin.
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Synesthesia Art:
Encaustic (resin, wax, various pigments) on posterboard. Color and motion inspired by my actual synesthesia visions of the song, which I played over and over again while painting this.
I've worked with encaustic in the past, but didn't have access to these materials while in Cayman. So this is the first time in over a year that I've been working with them again, and I find that it's a bit like riding a bike...except that with encaustic, you've got high-powered hand-held propane blow torches to worry about instead of peddles. Nonetheless, I jumped right back into the swing of things and am very pleased with the outcome.
"Goobye Blue Sky" is a song I'd only heard a few times prior Coalburn's commission, and is probably not one of Pink Floyd's most famous, despite appearing on one of their most popular albums, The Wall.
Vocals range in the teal, blue, and gray-green, while guitar is (as usual) red, orange, and occasionally yellow for the 'twangier' bits. There's also an unusual grayish-silver haze in the background (which is an undertone that's supposed to sound like war planes or something), that actually worked out perfectly with the encaustic medium due to my ability to apply 3-D layers of wax down, which I cannot do with acrylic.
I should start a "girls with flamethrowers" club. All the encaustic artists I've ever met or worked with have been girls. ;)
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I've been tagged by {rosina}!
Funny, the last time I did this was on a similar brownie photo
1. Bob Dylan and Radiohead are my 2 favorite artists of all time
2. My dream job would be a photographer for National Geographic, haha. But I'm majoring in Web Design/Media Arts
3. My name is Tyler but I've gotten so used to being called Taylor I barely even correct people anymore
4. My favorite meal is chicken curry with white rice, mmm
5. I've been with my boyfriend for over 2 years now, and he was my first boyfriend I ever had :)
6. I believe in ghosts & ufos
7. I also love reading/watching stuff about the universe & deep sea.. or basically anything we don't know that much about
8. My favorite book is 1984 by George Orwell. I wish I had more time to read :/
9. I put this in the last 10 things about me, but I can't think of much to say. I have a few different types of synaesthesia.
10. I'm obsessed with the show Dexter, I can't handle that season 4 is over. I also love Flight of the Conchords, Family Guy & Tim & Eric Awesome Show haha.
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The first time I photographed Miles Davis, he played his entire show with his back to the crowd--shy, I guess, like Van Morrisson. The next time, he was more out front, when I got this shot.
Miles dropped out of Julliard in the 40s and entered the New York jazz scene, playing with the greats of the time--everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to John Coltrane. In the 70s--his double album "Bitches Brew" forged the blending of jazz and rock known as "fusion"--adding James Brown and Jimi Hendrix to the mix of musicians whose style Davis admired and borrowed for his own.
I photographed Miles during his renaissance in the 80s. He'd hibernated away the 70s with a drug problem, but returned pretty much clean and sober and relished live performing, and considered his studio work as just practice for the looser, innovative work of the concert stage. This show was great--wild meandering jazz, followed by straight-up renditions of current pop numbers--Miles could do it all, and this time he enjoyed being with the audience, and we enjoyed beind with him. He died in New York of a stroke, pneumonia and respiratory failure (how ironic for a trumpeter!) in 1991 at age 65.
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An acid captcha creature wondering what is being seen huh ? Perhaps it laps (or will lapse?) synesthesia...
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“Synesthesia” is when the stimulation of one sensory system leads to an experience in another system. For example, you see colors when you hear music. Or a texture triggers a taste in your mouth. Reports of synesthesia are common when using psychedelic drugs, but it also occurs naturally in people known as “synesthetes.”
Although the phenomenon seems unusual, some researchers believe it reveals the potential of the mind to process any particular sensation in a variety of ways. In fact, researchers who study mental imagery don’t apply the term “image” to only visual experiences inside one’s mind, but also to sounds, smells, tastes, and body sensations within one’s imagination. Their research reveals how one type of mental image often can trigger another.
Many artists often talk about their work in a synesthetic way. My piano teacher, for example, mentioned the colors he associated with different notes and key signatures, sometimes colors with flavor qualities, like “coffee.” Visual artists also use words related to sounds, textures, and body sensations to describe their work.
Sometimes the influence of these sensations on the creative process is unconscious. There is the story of the photographer who noticed a pattern surfacing in his images: a visual repetition of three elements in a row, followed by a forth falling distinctly below the other three. After wondering why he was favoring such compositions, he suddenly realized that he had been listening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The four ominous notes of Fate knocking on one’s door had been shaping his visual experience, without his even realizing it.
Perhaps there’s a lesson to be learned from synesthesia. To improve our photography, we might think about the visual experience as more than what we see. If we develop the awareness of our ears, nose, tongue, and fingertips, it may enrich the awareness of our eyes. How might a sound, smell, taste, and body sensation translate into something visual? Maybe playing an instrument, sipping wine, and doing yoga are all opportunities to better understand photography.
So why not wiggle your fingers through a bowl of water, drop a handful of spoons into the sink, or roll a crumpled up ball of newspaper along your arm. If someone asks what you’re doing, say, “photography.”
* This image and essay also are part of a book on Photographic Psychology that I’m writing within Flickr.
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