No idea where this comes from (I got it from Jamie McKelvie's Twitter) but it pretty much says everything I thought when I got the news of Tony Hart's death.
Showing posts with label Obituaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obituaries. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Morph in mourning
No idea where this comes from (I got it from Jamie McKelvie's Twitter) but it pretty much says everything I thought when I got the news of Tony Hart's death.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Albert Hoffman 1906-2008
Albert Hoffman died last night aged 102.
Hofmann was, of course, the scientist responsible for synthesising LSD-25 in 1938.
Little by little I could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind my closed eyes.
Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux.
It was particularly remarkable how every acoustic perception, such as the sound of a door handle or a passing automobile, became transformed into optical perceptions.
Every sound generated a vividly changing image, with its own consistent form and color.
Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images surged in on me, alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux.
It was particularly remarkable how every acoustic perception, such as the sound of a door handle or a passing automobile, became transformed into optical perceptions.
Every sound generated a vividly changing image, with its own consistent form and color.
Albert Hoffman, describing the effects of his ingestion of LSD following his "Bicycle Day"
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Steve Gerber 1947-2008
Another sad passing.Tom has a suitably well written obit.
Heidi as well.
& the Comics Journal interview from 1978
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