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Enlightenment2' x 3'
Ink and Matte Ground on Mylar
Enlightenment is my experience so far focusing on the Pineal gland. The pineal to my knowledge is a Semi Hemispherical shaped gland that spontaneously occurs 49 days after conception of birth. The buddhists say it takes 49 days after death to pass on to the next life, be it reincarnation, or evolution, or heaven or what ever it is you believe. The pineal gland is a light sensitive organ that has a cornea a lens and a retinal. Scientists believe it is the precursor to the eye in mammals. Rene Descartes believed the pineal gland was the seat of the human soul. The pineal gland secretes melatonin and Dimethyltryptamine. DMT is an alkaloid very akin of lsd or psyloscibin. Scientists have yet to uncover the reason for any organism to produce alkaloids. They have no evolutionary reason and they take plants up to two years of extreme hard work to even make.
Im still really in the dark at what I am getting at, but this is where I am right now.
If you have any thign to add to maybe point me in a good direction in this subject please do.
Until then.
-Jonathan
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i like the title from this work, i have to begin with
and i like the tip of the "tail" of the circle of enlightenment, but i think the transition from circle to tail could be a lot messier -- being an abstract traditional piece, i think more paint splatters and, well, abstract marks would have done it well.
right now the edges seem too smooth -- on the circle that is to be expected, but i would still put some random, sparse splatters here and there so it's not completely like, "BLAH, THERE'S A CIRCLE."
i do like the numbers in the circle though -- nice touch. gives a feeling of thought and mathematics.
the smaller circle, though, seems kind of... there. it serves no purpose to me. maybe it has a purpose but i'm a failure at symbolism, so...
but if it were me, i wouldn't have had the smaller circle there -- it seems kind of pointless.
and maybe i'm totally cliched, but i would include an eye somewhere, an abstract one... i always get the feeling of enlightenment from the eye
...this critique kind of sucked... sorry!
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:thumb78630894: I really dig it. its nice to hear responses from people most on this site just either say blah blah blah or oh nice i like it. its all swell in the end. thanks for taking the time. i included this other thumb to show you any why's that might be brought up. its interesting enough on its own.
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This artwork is probably one of the best I have seen so far. 
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thanks, glad you can dig it.
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have a look at "DMT the spirit molecule" by Rick Strassman. you can download the whole book at [link]
just look up the title of the book at that website.
(if you haven't come across the book already).
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oh man, so yes i have read this book.
but this site recommendation is fucking brilliant.
many thanks over.
for you sir, if interested in this type of thing.
i urge you to read "breaking open the head"
by daniel pinchbeck
it is equally amazing.
thanks again,
jonathan
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Very interesting work.
I love the colors and textures.
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awe, thank you so much, this collection seems like it all needs to be in my favorites section thanks for putting this all in one place<3
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Hi there!
I have featured this deviation in a news report: [link]
Enjoy your day!
Daniele
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thank you daniell, checking your report out, you have a great collection of images thanks for bring such great art to one place<3
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You're welcome, thanks so much!
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thank you for having me as a part of your awesome collections of work<3
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For the record, the Pineal Gland secteiong DMT is a theory. I, myself, think it's true. Your pic is beautiful too I must say...I must send you a pm
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dont miss the chance.. just go for it and enjoy the link click here [link]
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dude that quite a number you got there. it's very creative. It's like a perfect representation of one of my close friends.
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why do you say that? how do you mean?
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seems like u used the golden mean in this. bravo.
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yeh there is a piece i uploaded that was the composition study for this, you would enjoy it, if you recognize a golden section by eyesight alone!
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Amazing! The concept fits so well and the image is breathtaking to look at! Great job.
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yeh, i hesitated in making it so obvious, but it is an important part of the image.
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Wow, so many comments and I've just finished reading them all.
Hope you've learned something as I did by doing so youself
This is an amazing piece of artwork as this subject is enlightening. And I mean that.
I've been wondering for too long how dreams worked since it's so hard to imagin e things when fully awake. Just by closing my eyes I can't see things as vivid and real as my dreams. Now I know a bit more and thank you so much that you've done this deviation. It's beautiful work and I'm sure you've enjoyed creating it.
It really looks like a dream, so this piece fits the concept.
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after reading your comment i think you must watch a video called "waking life" you would truley enjoy it.
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I'm sure I will. Any ideas where I can find it?
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you tube it, or go to a really good video store with a big selection of not so blockbusterish videos.
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alright, I've been searching Youtube for a bit and found pieces of it. So far, it's great. I'll keep looking
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This work is amazing... i think this is a very good subject to work with.. and i like where you have gone with it.
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this makes me think of a placenta, and according to my philosophy teacher, the first instance of enlightenment is as you are born and come into the light, after having made the journey through the dark
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good eyebols good chap, its an abstracted fetus at 49 days
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Beautiful layered work. I love it.
By the way, I heard that when you activate this gland, it will 'tick' so fast that it will 'stand up' like a cobra, similiar to Eygpitian pharoah head pieces. Or something that goes like that.
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oohhh. i havent yet looked into the egyptian side of enlightenment. im still knee deep in the origins of the egyptians. their history is very clouded.
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I wonder... since the pineal produces melatonin, and when I take melatonin pills for insomnia and have the most vivid, lucid dreams.. if there is a link between the melatonin (3mg, about a hundred times greater a dose than the body naturally produces, if I'm not mistaken), the dreams, and the pineal's production of DMT.
I wonder.. if the pineal is the third eye, if true enlightenment must come from that gland in a state of frenzied production of DMT and melatonin... or something. I'm just thinking about these connections. Also, melatonin production is at night, and that's when many people become inspired, not to mention night time always has a sort of mysterious atmosphere to it that can be almost mystical at times. Never looked too far into the pineal gland, but I definitely will be researching it a bit more now.
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yeh yeh. i read too though that it is melatonin that keeps the dmt production in check at night. it somehow interacts with it to produce the chemical we need to reach REM sleep in a good combination of both those chemicals.
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i'm just STUNNED by the composition, is incredibly awesome, colors and technique are unique, and i'm rrrrreally interested about the concept
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wow the story behind this, as well as the painting itself are amazing, and I'm interested in this now...the painting really caught my eye, by the way
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you should definatley read up on the pineal studies they have been doing lately.
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alright then, will do! thanks
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Stunning composition and colors 
Concerning your thoughts, have you ever read any books by Robert Anton Wilson or Dr Christopher Hyatt, you may find them of great interest.
A lot of their texts will teach you techniques for 'tweaking' your gland !
Maybe ?
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i just wrote their names on my hand to look for today, thanks for the suggestion.
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no worries, hope you find some thing of interest in their works ...
If you do, remember the magick key is DO IT.
V-C
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