Dreams and Nightmares
Your Brain on Mescaline
In the early 1950s, German photographer Leif Geiges created a series of abstract images in order to try to portray "exactly what the mescaline subject sees and hears during the course of his artificial psychosis" — as Newsweek put it, which ran his images in its Feb 23, 1953 issue. This was before mescaline was made illegal, back when psychiatrists still believed that the experience of taking mescaline approximated the mental state of a schizophrenic and therefore could be of great experimental value.As for the mescaline imagery itself, Newsweek explained:
"Wallpaper patterns come to life, change to demoniac caricatures, threaten immediate destruction"
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Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 18, 2012 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Drugs, Psychedelic, Photography and Photographers, Science, 1950s, Brain, Mental Health and Insanity
Jack’s Dream
Until recently, I was not aware that the famous surrealist collage artist Joseph Cornell also made films. Here's one delightfully weird sample. Many more on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 08, 2012 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Movies, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Myths and Fairytales, Fictional Monsters
This Can Happen To You!
If you frequently drive on rooftops.
The explanation inside:
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 11, 2012 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Cars
The Land Eaters
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 19, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Destruction, Dreams and Nightmares, Surrealism, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation
Angel
See how long you can last through this 1966 film without ingesting any drugs. Caffeine permitted.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 14, 2012 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Body Modifications, Dreams and Nightmares, Drugs, Movies, 1960s
La Napoule
According to this LIFE magazine article, art collector Henry Clews had a taste for the bizzare, as seen in the statue above. His French Mediterranean home is now a museum, and you can visit, or even apply for an arts residency there!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 09, 2012 -
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Category: Aliens, Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Dreams and Nightmares, Eccentrics, Collectors, Museums, 1950s, Europe
Dollers
Most frightening cosplay ever. An explanation is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 07, 2011 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Dreams and Nightmares, Performance Art, Asia
Neuroticfish
And they say you can't remake a classic!
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 30, 2011 -
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Category: Dreams and Nightmares, Psychology, 1960s, Blood
Turduckens Are So 2005
Ladies, gentlemen, WUvians, I bring you the food of the gods. I don't want to spoil the surprise, but suffice it to say there is bacon involved.Be sure to check out their other videos, which always include lots of overkill and plenty of bacon.
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Sun Nov 28, 2010 -
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Category: Animals, Dreams and Nightmares, Food, Bacon, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Video, Documentaries, Fictional Monsters, Eating
Happy Harry
I recently found out about an animator named Harry Partridge who does bizarre shorts that are perfect Weird Universe material. These two are my favorites, but be sure to go to the Happy Harry Toons YouTube page for more absurdity.
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Fri Nov 05, 2010 -
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Category: Celebrities, Dreams and Nightmares, Humor, Pop Culture, ShowBiz, Surrealism, Cartoons
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