An exploration of the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, and mystical visions play in visionary art.
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An exploration of the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, and mystical visions play in visionary art.
Includes discussions with 18 well-known female artists, including Josephine Wall, Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Martina Hoffmann, Penny Slinger, and Carolyn Mary Kleefeld.
Reveals how they have all been inspired by deep inner experiences and seek to express non-ordinary visions of reality, reminiscent of shamanic trance states, lucid dreams, and spiritually transcendent experiences.
Shows how visionary art often contains an abundance of feminine energy, helping us to heal ourselves and see that we are all connected.
Since early humans first painted from their mystic eye onto cave walls, artists have sought to share their sacred visions with the world. Created in every medium, from oil painting and sculpture to contemporary digital modelling, these visionary works of art give those who experience them a chance to βsee the unseen,β realise wider modes of perception, and discover spiritual and mystical realms.
In this full-colour illustrated book, Women of Visionary Art, David Jay Brown and Rebecca Ann Hill examine the work and inspirations of eighteen of todayβs leading female visionary artists, including Josephine Wall, Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Martina Hoffmann, Penny Slinger, and Carolyn Mary Kleefeld. They explore the creative process and the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, sexuality, and divine guidance play in the work of these women, alongside full-colour examples of their art.
They discuss the future of visionary art and reveal how these artists have all been informed and inspired by deep inner experiences and seek to express non-ordinary visions of reality, often reminiscent of those encountered in shamanic trance, lucid dreams, psychedelic states, spiritually transcendent experiences, and other altered states.
Showing how visionary art often contains an abundance of feminine energy, helping us to heal ourselves and see that we are all connected, the authors explore with each artist what it is about being a woman that has most influenced their artwork. They also examine the connection between visionary art and spirituality, the influence of Nature and sacred geometry, and how this creative form is simultaneously ancient, futuristic, and timeless, providing an accessible doorway into the visionary realm.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781620556931
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 December 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Park Street Press,U.S.
Illustration: Full-color throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 1746g
Pages: 384
About the Author
David Jay Brown holds a masterβs degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, Scientific American, The Huffington Post, and CBS News. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Dreaming Wide Awake and Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness. Rebecca Ann Hill is a visual artist with a wide range of experience in different mediums. The coauthor and illustrator of Ecstatic Love, Lost Dreams & Mystic Visions, she creates illustrations for websites, promotes ayahuasca retreats in Peru, and is a skillful Tarot reader. The authors live in Ben Lomond, California.
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