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25 April 2006

 

Mavericks of the Mind

If you haven't been to the Mavericks of the Mind site yet, I recommend checking it out.
. . . [A word about 'mavericks' from the Web site] "Although they have all made incredible contributions as individuals, collectively they achieve something even greater-- a synergistic perspective, transcending many of their personal limitations. Mavericks offers a glimpse into this greater wholeness by linking together ideas and concepts of those interviewed. An inter-connecting thread was created by asking them a number of common questions, as well as about each other's ideas. That their visions-- which stem from such divergent points of view-- are so complementary to one another, provides us with tremendous inspiration, insight, and hope."

. . . A few of the mavericks with interviews on this site include Riane Eisler, Matthew Fox, Jerry Garcia, Allen Ginsberg, Alex Grey, Julia Butterfly Hill, Laura Huxley, Oscar Janiger, Jaron Lanier, John C. Lilly, Hans Moravec, Ram Dass, Alexander & Ann Shulgin, Annie Sprinkle, Robert Anton Wilson, and Terence McKenna. . . . Here is a quote from the McKenna interview:

We're moving toward something very much like eternal dreaming, going into the imagination, and staying there, and that would be like a lucid dream that knew no end, but what a tight simple solution. . . . The psychedelics, the near death experience, the lucid dreaming, the meditational reveries.., all of these things are pieces of a puzzle about how to create a new cultural dimension that we can all live in a little more sanely than we're living in these dimensions.
-- Terence McKenna

posted by Lorenzo 6:51 PM

14 April 2006

 

China is becoming a new USA in consuming natural resources
I just blogged an overview of Terrence McNally's introduction of Lester Brown that was published by Alternet. The full interview is really worth the time to read and it provides some interesting food for thought . . . like this little tidbit:

Ever since you and I can remember, we've been saying that the U.S. with 5 percent of the world's people consumes a third or 40 percent of the world's resources. That was true for a long time. It is no longer true. China is now consuming more of these basic resources. Look at the food sector -- grain and meat, the energy sector -- oil and coal, the industrial sector -- steel. China now consumes more of all of those than the United States except for oil. Their consumption of meat is nearly double that of the United States, and their steel consumption, 258 million tons a year. We consumed 104 million tons a year last year.

Based on those projections, in 2031, China would be consuming two thirds of the current world grain harvest. Their consumption of paper would be double current world production. There go the world's forests.

That sure gives one something to think about.

posted by Lorenzo 6:36 AM

13 April 2006

 

Some Art You Might Be Interested In
In case you missed our War on Drugs blog today, I thought I'd let you know that I blogged some information about (including a few thumbnail images)two very inspired psychedelic artists. Take a look if you've got a minute.

The Stunning Art of Michael Brown

Robert Venosa's Psychedelic Art

posted by Lorenzo 6:36 PM