...and one for Mr. Huxley
I made this while listening to White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane incessantly and reading Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley.
Go figure.
The flower is real, and is actually that size. The grow in Hawai’i, which is where i took this. Originally it was going to be the “Queen of Wands” card in my Tarot deck. I have another version as well and i’m still torn between the two…
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Brushes found on DeviantArt – once i dig ‘em up, i’ll post ‘em.
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ambient-1
Love it and love Huxley! Instant fave !
Selkie replied
Me too, lol. Thanks ambient!
hotbeetees
No need to go figure – can “hear” White Rabbit radiating out of this image.
Incidentally, one of the most exciting 2 minutes in rocknroll history IMO. That climax is almost unbearable.
Selkie replied
Why thank you, hotbee :).
I agree about that climax…it makes me feel as if i have bees in my cerebral cortex, speaking of bees…
What on earth ever happened to them, anyway…with that “Starship” crap…don’t get me started. Some people need to remain an anachronism and leave it at that. It’s a beautiful anachronism, after all…le sigh.
Antanas
great job
Selkie replied
Thank you, Antanas.
Tama Blough
I’m with you on the Starship – some people just don’t know when to pack up and go home.
Fun picture, and I know that flower well – I think I have a painting of one I made in Hawaii, somewhere.
Selkie replied
I’d like to see that painting, Tama – it’s a gorgeous flower. Anything that pretty that’s the size of your head deserves to be in art :). Thanks!
mimulux
lovely !
Selkie replied
:) thanks Mimu
madworld
So if you had a head the size of a daisy, this would work too? I didnt think anyone listened to JA anymore…they rocked.
Selkie replied
Ha! If i had a head the size of a daisy, i’d have REAL problems…;)
I grew up listening to them – and the Doors, and Bob Marley, Pink Floyd…
My mother was a bonafide hippie – which i suppose makes me a flower child (not a daisy…more of a lotus, heh).
madworld
Mines more melon size, now theres a thought. Gawd I could be your mother, you and my son couldve been twins separated at birth.
Selkie replied
Heh.
You seem much more pleasant than the mother i grew up with – wouldn’t that be a fun turn of events ?!
Geoffrey Dunn
I can see this as the Queen of Wands … love the hair extensions
Selkie replied
Yes, i think it would work.
No extensions – it’s all PS, baby :). Thanks!
Paul Vanzella
love the way you have turned yourself into a decorative piece of art… the hair works magically!
Selkie replied
Thanks, Paul :)
Shanina Conway
White Rabbit will do that to you lol! and you’ve created a magical work;)
Selkie replied
Lol – quite true. Thanks Shanina :)
hotbeetees
Agree completely about Starship. Still, the JA gave us WR and Somebody To Love, and for that I remain forever grateful.
Your mum might have been a hippie, Selkie, but The Doors were no hippie band…with Love, also from LA, one of the greatest bands in rock history IMO. You were brought up with some fine counterculture influences! Your art is a torch – keep carrying it.
Selkie replied
No, the Doors certainly were not hippies lol – they were hanging out with Warhol’s crowd. But the hippies dug them nonetheless :).
Thanks much, hotbeeeee.
Never heard Love…will have to look them up innit.
hotbeetees
Oh, DO check out Love, Selkie. Going by your taste – the little I know of it – you’ll dig them bigtime. They were The Doors’ stablemates at the Whiskey Au GoGo, but had drug and internal issues within the band and refused to tour. That diminished their chances of breaking big as The Doors did. Their first three albums are beauties: Love, Da Capo (except for the final track, which goes on an eternity), and their psychedelic classic Forever Changes.
Selkie replied
Ooo. Thank you for the info on that. I’m a glutton for new music, even if it is old :). Have you ever heard of the band Can, from same era? Fookin’ amazing…
hotbeetees
I LOVE Can!! Tago Mago is one of my favourite albums…especially that tremendous drum-riff-based track, Halleluja. Another German band from that time I like a lot – Amon Duhl 2.
Amazing, Selkie. I’ve come across very few people who know Can – and appreciate them.
Selkie replied
Oh, man – have you heard the cover-album where people like Sonic Youth do some of the early stuff?
I LOVE Monster Movie. Yes, it’s rare to find people who even have a clue as to who they are.
My friend – who was the lead singer for the Vindictives – has worked with one or two Can members. Too cool.
Anne McGinn
Great image – I love the Airplane and I still remember listening to Grace Slick sing that song and wishing someday that I could see the White Rabbit too…. well done…. a real stoner image!
Selkie replied
Lol – yeah, it is isn’t it? The funny thing is i was totally straight edge when i did this photo…
Thank you!
Kirrill D'Kainn
... now that is something – the artist as a force of philosophical and colective art.
Kirrill D’Kainn.
( ... get your hands on Grace Slick ( pre-Jefferson Airplane ) as lead singer for “The Great Society” – her original version of WHITE RABBIT is exactly a
SIX minute track ) ... !
Selkie replied
Hey Kirrill, thank you:)
I’ll definitely check that out – i’ve never heard of Great Society so this should be fun!