Comments on: Womb of Art: Paleolithic Masterpieces http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/02/18/womb-of-art-paleo-masterpieces/ by Fred Hatt Thu, 17 May 2012 21:54:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/02/18/womb-of-art-paleo-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-1628 fred Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:10:24 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-1628 Sounds interesting, Rod. I'll keep an eye out for that book. Sounds interesting, Rod. I’ll keep an eye out for that book.

]]> By: Rod Glover http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/02/18/womb-of-art-paleo-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 Rod Glover Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:43:21 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-1627 Hi again! I am not "plugging" Hancock, but in the book of his I mentioned, there are some wondrous pictures of psychadelic paintings done by a Peruvian artist named Pablo Amaringo, of his visions whilst under the influence of the mind altering drug "ayascuaha".G.Hancock relates these to similair visions by paleolithic man resulting in the beautiful cave paintings. Hi again! I am not “plugging” Hancock, but in the book of his I mentioned, there are some wondrous pictures of psychadelic paintings done by a Peruvian artist named Pablo Amaringo, of his visions whilst under the influence of the mind altering drug “ayascuaha”.G.Hancock relates these to similair visions by paleolithic man resulting in the beautiful cave paintings.

]]> By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/02/18/womb-of-art-paleo-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 fred Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:34:28 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-1626 Thanks for sharing, Rod. I'm always interested in writings about paleolithic art and will look into Hancock. I think art practice and deep artistic experience of various kinds can retune the brain to another reception channel! The rodglover.com website has some really beautiful biomorphic abstract art, rather psychedelic and prehistoric. Welcome to Drawing Life! Thanks for sharing, Rod. I’m always interested in writings about paleolithic art and will look into Hancock.

I think art practice and deep artistic experience of various kinds can retune the brain to another reception channel!

The rodglover.com website has some really beautiful biomorphic abstract art, rather psychedelic and prehistoric.

Welcome to Drawing Life!

]]> By: Rod Glover http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/02/18/womb-of-art-paleo-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 Rod Glover Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:25:03 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-1622 G. Hancock fundamentally agrees with David Lewis-Williams, but disagrees as to the hallucinatory effects being "hard wired" into our brains, but suggests that the intake of mind altering drugs induces the ability of our brain to percieve/receive somethings which are not "hard wired". That our brain can be retuned to another reception channel as it wear! Hancock is always well worth a read anyway in my opinion. I don't know of the rodglover.com website, I am not that person, but curiosity impels me to give it a try!Sorry if I sidetracked you from your main interest of paleolithic art, but thought I would let you know about the interpretations of G. Hancock,on the cave art subject. G. Hancock fundamentally agrees with David Lewis-Williams, but disagrees as to the hallucinatory effects being “hard wired” into our brains, but suggests that the intake of mind altering drugs induces the ability of our brain to percieve/receive somethings which are not “hard wired”. That our brain can be retuned to another reception channel as it wear! Hancock is always well worth a read anyway in my opinion.
I don’t know of the rodglover.com website, I am not that person, but curiosity impels me to give it a try!Sorry if I sidetracked you from your main interest of paleolithic art, but thought I would let you know about the interpretations of G. Hancock,on the cave art subject.

]]> By: fred http://fredhatt.com/blog/2010/02/18/womb-of-art-paleo-masterpieces/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 fred Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:49:18 +0000 http://fredhatt.com/blog/?p=1134#comment-1617 Rod, I haven't read Graham Hancock, or R. Dale Guthrie (mentioned by Jim), though I have read David Lewis-Williams. There are a lot of conflicting speculations about the meanings and motivations behind this art. My impression is that most of those who have studied the work in detail have some valuable insights, but dueling scholars have a tendency to be overly dogmatic about asserting their own insights over others. My own viewpoint is that of an artist, and I believe some of the cave paintings are beautiful and accomplished, and can be appreciated as fine art even if we know very little about their creators. I recently read that the great idiosyncratic filmmaker Werner Herzog is making a 3-D documentary about the paintings in the Chauvet Cave. I can't wait to see that! I've often wished the pictures we have of the cave paintings were in 3-D, as the form of the cave walls is often an integral part of the imagery. Are you the Rod Glover at rodglover.com? Rod, I haven’t read Graham Hancock, or R. Dale Guthrie (mentioned by Jim), though I have read David Lewis-Williams. There are a lot of conflicting speculations about the meanings and motivations behind this art. My impression is that most of those who have studied the work in detail have some valuable insights, but dueling scholars have a tendency to be overly dogmatic about asserting their own insights over others. My own viewpoint is that of an artist, and I believe some of the cave paintings are beautiful and accomplished, and can be appreciated as fine art even if we know very little about their creators.

I recently read that the great idiosyncratic filmmaker Werner Herzog is making a 3-D documentary about the paintings in the Chauvet Cave. I can’t wait to see that! I’ve often wished the pictures we have of the cave paintings were in 3-D, as the form of the cave walls is often an integral part of the imagery.

Are you the Rod Glover at rodglover.com?

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