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copied out

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) ok, here’s that image by edmund sullivan that mouse spotted. this is the entire page i reproduce, rust stains and all. i don’t quite understand the whole “copyright crazy” era we’re in. when i started … Continue reading →

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when and waiting:be there now

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Art

Psychedelic culture. approaching truthfulness  is always a little more complex… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Most people assume that psychedelic culture began in San Francisco and spread outward. I’m not here to disprove that notion. since all documentation starts there in … Continue reading →

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reason to believe or be deceived: who’s zoomin’ who

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dave

The struggle between generations is one of the most obvious constants.The 1960′s were not unique in this sense, but were unique in terms of radical dissent and cultural innovation; an extreme form of alienation transformed from the typical peripheral experience … Continue reading →

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owsley bear :looking for habitats of unreason

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dave

A justifiable flight from reason? I human life inevitably alienating? At a very base and primal level does this alienation and its pathological impulse to dominate make an easy excuse to justify exploitation and thus rationalize our present societal structure?Was … Continue reading →

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praises of folly: flights of reason

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Dave

Is a flight from reason to be deplored or hailed? Is the flight from reason a social pathology of apocalyptic proportions….There was an importance in protesting problems such as Vietnam, Racial equality,and income inequality among other ills, but it can … Continue reading →

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flight from reason: a merry prank on a dark star?

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dave

It was the end of the world as they knew it. It was the Age of Unreason. Works of pop art like the Campbell’s soup can by Andy Warhol, the Impossible Art of Ralph Ortiz killing chickens,and Dennis Oppenheims, “Cyclonic … Continue reading →

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unreason: the sound of one hand clapping

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dave

The denunciation of reason has always been the reaction of choice since the sunset of the Middle Ages as a general form of criticism; a manner of dealing with its ambiguity, menace and mockery. Unlike madness which could be rationalized … Continue reading →

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