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Summary: A Must for Every Human Being on the Journey of Life
Review: Very simply put, this artist Sees. This book should be a standard text in the education system. So much of our health problems, mental and physical, stem from lack of awareness of our body, mind and "spirit" (soul, energy, Tao, etc... whatever pointless name you want to give the Nameless It). Grey's images can aid in undertanding the complexity and perfection of the Human System. If you are on the multi-faceted journey of self-realization, that of knowing who you are, who we all are, look at this book. It WILL move you, no matter where you may be.
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Summary: Visionary Art is right
Review: You know what I LOVE about Alex Grey? He visually represents states of awareness that I share, in ways I never imagined... as a friend of mine said, "Grey stole my best ideas before I ever had them."I remember walking through the woods one evening some 30 years ago and feeling that I expanded my awareness out into the starry infinity above me. This was a tangible feeling of expansion, not just an interesting idea. Sure enough one of Grey's paintings illustrates that very experience (the cover of his other book, Transfigurations). Grey's work is like a visual guide into expanded states of consciousness. Want to know what aura's look like? Want a visual map of the chakra's? That's all here. A friend of mine used to tease his wife. She would say "Honey, do you love me?" He would respond, "Only when I think about it." States of awareness (love, expansion, connection... even fear and pain) are like that, aren't they? Sometimes we forget about them. Then when we become present to them again, they are reawakened within us. Grey's work is like a beacon bell that reminds me of what I have never left but sometimes forgotten. There is a restimulation of a state of beingness that says "Remember me?... I am still here... Wake up... You can drop the illussion... You can drop your stories... Welcome home.
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