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Many of you know that Alejandro Jodorowsky was an amazing film director. You may have seen Holy Mountain or El Topo recently, as they both have been finally released on high quality DVD. What you may not know, and what may bring you some insight into his works, is that Alejandro is also one of the foremost knowledgeable individuals on tarot and making tarot readings. While this staff of humemes is unsure of the veracity of any of Jodorowsky’s claims of synchronicity and psychic readings having profound effects on his movie-making abilities, the inclusion of the mythos of such happenings certainly can have an effect on the way one watches his movies.

As you can see, the aesthetic link is obvious, but to Jodorowsky, this connection means so much more. He has integrated this ancient process, among others, into his art and the outcome is something that is so surreal and so other-worldly that the uninitiated are often left confused. The “deep psychological search” that Jodorowsky speaks of in this video is, we believe, the precise value of such spiritual practices as tarot. It forces one to look into a mirror of their personality and figure out what lays before them, behind them, and with them right there.

In a cameo in the 1965 film “Pierrot le fou” directed by Jean-Luc Godard, American filmmaker and writer Samuel Fuller, acting as himself, gives a candid appraisal of what makes a movie, a movie:

I found a website that explains the creation of the Buddhabrot Hologram set, a different perspective on the Mandelbrot set. Along with an intriguing set of pictures of this set, there are a number of videos. These were all created by Melinda Green of Superliminal Software.

Here are some of the videos from the website:

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I generally find myself browsing YouTube only out of extreme boredom. It has replaced Solitaire, Snood, and a few other forms of mindless entertainment that have grasped my attention over the years. Since I got rid of the television, I occasionally find myself browsing and can’t remember why I started or how long it’s been. Of all my browsing, this video is probably the greatest thing I’ve ever seen:

Update: Apparently YouTube took down the last video. Some kind soul has uploaded a new version.

Here we find another set of super-realist sculptures, this time by Marc Sijan, a Wisconsin native who began using plaster, polyester resin, varnish, and oil paints to craft extremely like-like figures in graduate school in the early 1970’s. Ruth Sternberg (formerly of the Canton Institute of Art) once said of Mr. Sijan’s work, “Sijan’s figures are incredibly lifelike, sensuous and graceful. In fact, they are so lifelike, they seem always on the verge of movement, a mere instant away from action. The pores in the skin, the tiny hairs, and veins; even the bald spots, the blemishes, the individual shapes of the faces that make human beings so similar, yet so unique: These are the essence of what makes Marc Sijan’s work so arresting.” While his work has often been compared to the work of our previous subject, Duane Hanson, it has a very different quality to it. He seems to focus less on making social commentary and far more on capturing the posed moments of people’s lives in all of their three-dimensional glory.

Note: Much to the chagrin of many of the commenters on my previous super-realist post, I’ve included pictures of some of his works of obese people. Also, as so many of you said you’d have used your talent for, a marginally “hot chick.”

Here are six pictures of his pieces:

Deep in Thought


Mamma Mia


Depressed Mode


Help Me Snorkle


Mr. Policeman


Tourist Trap