Paul Bakker

I just received in the mail, all the way from Australia, this booklet by Paul Bakker. It is mainly about cats and dogs. I hope some day Mr. Paul Bakker will write about his live in Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Portugal, Holland, etc. He has been through some stange experiences, some dramatic, some fun. He´s very good at telling stories. Thank you Mr. Bakker!
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BioArt

BioArt is a fascinating discipline mixing art and science. Here´s a small contribution that I thought of today. Click photo to enlarge.

Tiffany Bosic and that ineffable feeling

Tiffany Bosic is a young american painter living in California, who paints very beautiful, detailed, allegoric and surreal flora and fauna, like scientific illustration with a twist. Reading an interview with her in this blog that goes by the exalted name "My love for you is a stampede of horses" (for both, see links on the left), I came across this reference to a feeling I used to have while half-asleep, a very pleasant one. I had never commented it with anyone, as it is so dificult to explain. Here is what Tiffany said, refering to this painting:

"I created the sphere of mice painting that I just mentioned, to try to describe what I call the "big little dream", where everything seems microscopic and larger than the galaxy at the same time. It's the 4 am dream that some people get."

If one tries to put it to words, "everything seems microscopic and larger than a galaxy, at the same time" is a good try. I would add that one does not feel the body in the normal way, but it rather seems to be light and vibrating. And no, this altered state of mind is not drug induced.
I´m sure Carl Gustav Jung must have writen about it. If anybody knows about, or experienced it, please contact me.

New painting, March 2011