How Alex Grey’s visionary art is evolving the cultural body through icons of interconnectedness u003cbru003e u003cbru003e• Includes over 200 reproductions of Grey’s artwork u003cbru003e u003cbru003e• Contains spectacular photos of Grey’s collaboration with the cult band TOOL plus his worldwide live-painting performances u003cbru003e u003cbru003e• Offers Grey’s reflections on how art evolves consciousness with a new symbology of the Networked Self u003cbru003e u003cbru003e• Winner of the 2013 Nautilus Silver Book Award in Photography and Art u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Revealing the interwoven energies of body and soul, love and spirit that illuminate the core of each being, Alex Grey’s mystic paintings articulate the realms of consciousness encountered during visits to entheogenic heaven worlds. His painting u003ciu003eNet of Beingu003c/iu003e--inspired by a blazing vision of an infinite grid of Godheads during an ayahuasca journey--has reached millions as the cover and interior of the band TOOL’s Grammy award–winning triple-platinum album, u003ciu003e10,000 Daysu003c/iu003e. u003ciu003eNet of Beingu003c/iu003e is one of many images Grey has created that have resulted in a chain reaction of uses--from apparel and jewelry to tattoos and music videos--embedding these iconic works into our culture’s living Net of Being. u003cbru003e u003cbru003eThe book explores how the mystical experience expressed in Alex Grey’s work opens a new understanding of our shared consciousness and unveils the deep influence art can have on cultural evolution. The narrative progresses through a successive expansion of identity--from the self, to self and beloved, to self and community, world spirit, and cosmic consciousness, where bodies are transparent to galactic energies. Presenting over 200 images, including many never-before-reproduced paintings as well as masterworks such as u003ciu003eSt. Albert and the LSD Revelation Revolutionu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eGodselfu003c/iu003e, the book also documents performance art, live-painting on stage throughout the world, and the “social sculpture” called CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, that Grey cofounded with his wife and creative collaborator, artist Allyson Grey.
