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Enlightenment
2' x 3'
Ink and Matte Ground on Mylar

Enlightenment is my experience so far focusing on the Pineal gland. The pineal to my knowledge is a Semi Hemispherical shaped gland that spontaneously occurs 49 days after conception of birth. The buddhists say it takes 49 days after death to pass on to the next life, be it reincarnation, or evolution, or heaven or what ever it is you believe. The pineal gland is a light sensitive organ that has a cornea a lens and a retinal. Scientists believe it is the precursor to the eye in mammals. Rene Descartes believed the pineal gland was the seat of the human soul. The pineal gland secretes melatonin and Dimethyltryptamine. DMT is an alkaloid very akin of lsd or psyloscibin. Scientists have yet to uncover the reason for any organism to produce alkaloids. They have no evolutionary reason and they take plants up to two years of extreme hard work to even make.

Im still really in the dark at what I am getting at, but this is where I am right now.

If you have any thign to add to maybe point me in a good direction in this subject please do.

Until then.

-Jonathan
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Enlightenment's sweeping composition captures the eye, while ~jonathanjames Suggested by `snowmask and Featured by `oilsoaked )
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~Matbuk Apr 16, 2012  New member
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Very good work,compliments
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~iKiska Jan 2, 2010
i like the title from this work, i have to begin with :XD:

and i like the tip of the "tail" of the circle of enlightenment, but i think the transition from circle to tail could be a lot messier -- being an abstract traditional piece, i think more paint splatters and, well, abstract marks would have done it well.

right now the edges seem too smooth -- on the circle that is to be expected, but i would still put some random, sparse splatters here and there so it's not completely like, "BLAH, THERE'S A CIRCLE."

i do like the numbers in the circle though -- nice touch. gives a feeling of thought and mathematics.

the smaller circle, though, seems kind of... there. it serves no purpose to me. maybe it has a purpose but i'm a failure at symbolism, so...

but if it were me, i wouldn't have had the smaller circle there -- it seems kind of pointless.

and maybe i'm totally cliched, but i would include an eye somewhere, an abstract one... i always get the feeling of enlightenment from the eye :la:

...this critique kind of sucked... sorry!

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~jonathanjames Jan 2, 2010
:thumb78630894: I really dig it. its nice to hear responses from people most on this site just either say blah blah blah or oh nice i like it. its all swell in the end. thanks for taking the time. i included this other thumb to show you any why's that might be brought up. its interesting enough on its own.
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~Trekmi Nov 7, 2009
A-W-E-S-O-M-E

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~Bodah17 Sep 28, 2009
This piece is beautiful, great concept!

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~ndanish18 Apr 4, 2009
this is unbelievable

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~DeathOfATragedy Nov 30, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This artwork is probably one of the best I have seen so far. :) The details, the colours and the composition makes it very unique and very intriguing. The concept of afterlife is very well represented by adding more depth and darkness into the colours. Nicely done. :)

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~jonathanjames Nov 30, 2008
thanks, glad you can dig it.
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~awmil0 Nov 8, 2008
have a look at "DMT the spirit molecule" by Rick Strassman. you can download the whole book at [link]

just look up the title of the book at that website.

(if you haven't come across the book already).

:)

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