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birchlight
10h ago
Augustin Lesage: Channeling Other Worlds and Painting Them.
This is some of the most fascinating art I have ever seen, made by a fascinating man, with a fascinating story. Augustin Lesage was a coal miner whom one day heard voices telling him to be a painter, how to paint, and where to get the supplies. His work has stunning symmetry, detail, and a remarkable similarity to many things I have seen under the influence of entheogens. He did these paintings by hand, with no training (other than the guidance of the voices in his head). From the article: "It was his belief that the voices speaking to him were the spirits of his little sister who had died at the age of three, artists from ancient Greece and even Leonardo da Vinci himself. Guiding his hand, they told him, “Do not try to understand what you’re doing,” claims Lesage, who wrote that before he would start to paint, he would never have any idea as to what he wanted to portray. “I never have an overview of the entire work at any point of the execution. My guides tell me … I surrender to their impulse.”" http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/10/01/are-we-looking-at-a-madmans-doodles-or-messages-from-another-world/
AMAZING stuff here! What are your thoughts?
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mellowhawk· 9h ago
Amazing is right.... I would give anything to be struck with something like this !!!
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birchlight· 9h ago
The level of detail is so good it hurts a little bit!
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lane_drifts· 3h ago
fascinating. going through all his work I can find online. Thanks for sharing!
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