"Certain phenomena manage to touch a realm of our consciousness so seldom reached that when it is awakened we are shocked and profoundly moved. It's an experience of self-realization as much as an encounter with the external world. The cosmic films of Jordan Belson possess this rare and enigmatic power." - Gene Youngblood
As a huge fan of weird, I'm shocked to have not viewed much cosmic or psychedelic media. Watching Belson's work and working environment proves to me that success can absolutely come to you if you embrace your weirdness (and if you give people a whole lot of drugs before they see your work). Belson expresses his cosmic visions through incredible fluidity, movement, and colors. The key principles are only enhanced by drugs. For the time, there was certainly not much out there like the experience Jordan was offering.
Today we have the ability to be bombarded with weird media/content nearly 24/7 with WiFi everywhere and smart phones. This might make it difficult for some to try and truly experience a work. I really enjoy meeting people that are way into drugs and visuals. They're often pretty passionate about their out of this world experiences and I do think they all might be on to something (or just on something).
Some say God is in the mind and these drugs just help you search. Belson's work certainly helped many as well.
Works like these always make me feel so small, like these are things that man shouldn't be able to see--far off galaxies and universes etc. It's pretty crazy maaan~
Bardo (2001) Jordan Belson
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