“These are very confusing times. For the first time in history a woman is expected to combine: intelligence with a sharp hairdo, a raised consciousness with high heels, and an open, nonsexist relationship with a tan guy who has a great bod.” FirstsGuyConsciousnessFirst TimeRaisedExpectedHeelsConfusingHigh HeelsHairdos Author:Lynda Barry
“What I don't like in movies dealing with the illustration of altered states of consciousness is that usually you see the guy from the outside.” StatesGuyConsciousnessAlteredIllustrationStates Of ConsciousnessAltered StatesAltered States Of Consciousness Author:Gaspar Noe
“I describe the variety of different kinds of experiences I had, from seeing into the future to being inside the body of a bird and feeling the bird consciousness, to being in a plane of existence with beings that do not exist on this planet at all. And I described my experiences to shamans who started to laugh, saying, "Oh, we know those guys."” KnowsKindDifferentFeelingsBodyGuyExistenceConsciousnessLaughingSeeingPlanetsBirdVarietyPlanesDifferent Kinds Author:Fred Alan Wolf
“To the very limited extent that I have a political consciousness, to some extent I'm a lazy, apolitical sort of guy that just flits around.” PoliticalGuyConsciousnessLazyApolitical Author:William Gibson
“I am 100 percent on the side of insisting that white people step up to a different level of consciousness and commitment and the great gifts of the West and the great gifts of white culture and white community be used for a better purpose than this nonsense of supporting Trump. I insist on that. I refuse to accept that. I refuse to accept that we are going to give over 60 million people over to this guy.” PeopleGivingDifferentUsedPurposeGuyCultureSidesCommunityWhiteLevelsConsciousnessAcceptingStepsMillionsTrumpPercentCommitmentWestRefuseNonsenseThis GuyStep UpDifferent LevelsInsistingGreat Gifts Author:Van Jones
“My grandfather was a Holocaust survivor and his life and history were very formative to myself and my family. The almost unimaginable dichotomy between the different eras of his life always crushed my brain on some level. That this guy who was shoveling carob chips out of a barrel and restocking yogurt popsicles could also have those numbers on his arm. It was an inconceivable juxtaposition. His experience was the main window for our family into any kind of social consciousness, or sense of history, or politics, even though a lot of it went unsaid.” KindDifferentGuyBrainConsciousnessWindowMy FamilyOur FamilySurvivorHolocaustGrandfatherCrushedMy GrandfatherDichotomy Author:Jonathan Raymond
“Thank god we don't know a lot about William Shakespeare or Moses or Homer or Lautréamont. These are the best guys we got, and their art is powerful because they're mysterious. Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again.” ArtGuyPowerfulConsciousnessImpossibleArt IsMysteriousThank GodMosesErase Author:Cass McCombs