Loreland

In this episode we uncover a moder fairytale in the making. How often can one say they work in a 15th century castle uncovering tapestries that combine science fiction and ancient myth?

In this episode we hear from a French art conservator doing just that. Deep with the Liore Valley of France awaits a story that weaves together magic, dedication, isolation, and Leonardo Da Vinci.

To read more about L’Atelier de La Martinerie, you can read the Loreland interview and see photos here.

The social media team is currently documenting the discoveries being made at the cháteau. Their work can seen here.

The foundation for restoring the site can be found here.

I hope this story fills you with delight for all the enigmatic mysteries being woven around this big blue globe, awaiting to be uncovered!

What does medieval jewelry, psychedelic journeys, and contemporary art have in common?

They are all interconnected in the wonderfully bizarre world of Alessandro Keegan’s deeply spiritual and intuitive paintings.

Here we discuss the trials of art-making and the strange adventures that following a creative path often lead to. Allesandro’s paintings blend the future and past in luminescent oils that evoke the glow of gemstones and flowers from an unimagined realm.

We hope you enjoy this unique glimpse into the mind of a modern art master.

View the written version of this episode along with images here.

Alessandro’s work can be found here.

The music for this episode was made by Peitzke

This extended interview explores artist and speculative evolution author C.M. Kösemen’s creative worldview, influences, and life experiences. We weave together art, biology, internet culture, personal narrative, and imagination.

His newly printed book All Tomorrow’s chronicles the future of humanity and all the unimagined beings to come millions of years in the future. Filled with triumph, loss, pain, and love, this lavishly illustrated work of science fiction compresses time in order to see how actions today affect our tomorrows!

Koseman’s Website can be found here:

http://www.cmkosemen.com

All Tomorrow’s

https://wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/all-tomorrows

Theme Music by the talented Steady Glow

https://on.soundcloud.com/TGQD1LBlMG7hJnKNNX

Delve into the psychology of Beauty and the Beast- a darker, twisted version featuring a singing flower. Why doth the rose bloom? Well, we delve into the significance of fairytales in modern life in this exploration of a lesser-known variant of a tale as old as time….

We delve into the mysterious process of alchemy and examine how Greek Gods and chemistry are possibly connected. Our guest is the Desert Alchemist, a mycologist gives us his account of the strange history of the French alchemist Nicolas Flamel and the images shown in his archaic book The Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures... Will we learn to turn mercury to silver? Lead to gold? Perhaps if we continue to dive into enigmatic stories from the past...

The following are links to the Desert Alchemist's website as well some of the sources mentioned in this episode:

The Desert Alchemist Website:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=the+desert+alchemist+tucson&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

PDF of the The Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures

https://archive.org/details/nicolas-flamel-exposition-of-the-hieroglyphical-figures-16421/page/n1/mode/2up

In this episode we interview Basil Baylin, a 96 year old portrait painter from New York City. Sitting in his uptown apartment studio with cheese sandwiches, we delve into the four basic principles of painting. He discusses how accuracy and color are integral ingredients when making the human face in order to trap the personality of an individual. For Basil portrait painting seems to be a balancing act between practiced accuracy and fluid intuition. Having been drafted in the Korean War, Basil's life is filled with strange and wonderful adventures- of which only a few managed to make an appearance on this podcast. Images of his work and a link to his website can be found on the Farbeyond blog.

https://www.hopechristoffersonart.com/blog

Basil's Website:

https://www.basilbaylin.com

The music featured in this episode is "The Way You Look Tonight" recorded by Basil's old friend Tony Bennet, with whom he spent many evenings painting and running around the magical streets of New York City.  

In special artist interview episode of Farbeyond we interview the mythological painter Christopher Remmers. We are introduced to the term psychotechnology which is how people manifest their destiny through thought.  We discuss how stories have shaped the evolution of humanity. I've boiled down the essence of our conversation into a blog post with photos of the wonderful art we reference throughout the podcast, which is a space for readers and listeners to engage and ask questions about our conversation. 

That blog is available here, as well as a link to Christopher's work.

Farbeyond Blog:

https://www.hopechristoffersonart.com/blog

Christopher's Website:

https://www.christopherremmers.com/viewcollection/126363

Music for this episode was provided by the amazing MoFly Band who's tunes can be found here:

https://withkoji.com/@Moflyband

Once upon a time in the early 20th century, two girls in England photographed what respected members of society called "evidence of fairies". Was this so? Or simply an elaborate hoax designed to play into our desire to believe in the fantastical? On this special guest episode Hope and Isabel dive into this enigmatic mystery involving religious cults, camera tricks, and Sherlock Holmes. We would like to thank the author, poet, and illustrator Forrest Lybrand for taking us through this wonderful and startling tale of childhood curiosity and its power to change our adult preconceptions of the world.

More information can be found on Forrest's wonderful illustrations and writing via these links :

www.forrestlybrand.com

instagram: @forrestlybrand

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