A conversation with Christopher James Davison an artist living in Manhattan, NY. 

Christopher Davison is a New York-based painter with an MFA from the Tyler School of Art. His first solo exhibition in New York was in 2009 at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery and his most recent two-person exhibitions were at Horton Gallery, NYC and Harpy Gallery, New Jersey. He has been included in exhibitions in New York, Miami, Copenhagen, Philadelphia, Boston, Rome, Los Angeles and Brussels. His work can be seen in the public collections of the Rose Art Museum (MA), University of Alabama (AL) and Museum of the Hague (Netherlands). In addition to creating works of art, Christopher is a part-time professor of art in Philadelphia at the University of the Arts, and Moore College of Art. A collection of his work can be seen at ChristopherDavison.com

Our conversation came out of a chance encounter on the internet. 

We discuss some texts and philosophies from the following: 

Sri Ramana Maharshi (sorry I butchered the pronunciation)

Ananda Coomaraswamy

PDF of Coomaraswamy's Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art

René Guénon

PDF of Guénon's Crisis of the Modern World

Terence McKenna - A drive folder of many of his recorded talks.