Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delight Papercraft

1. James
   January 22nd, 2008 at 6:53 am

   Very cool. But what did Bosch smoke to get the inspiration to draw those creatures?

2. b°b
   January 22nd, 2008 at 7:32 am

   that’s really awesome.

3. ted
   January 22nd, 2008 at 9:28 am

   I loved reading the English on the site.

   The bird with the letter is from Bosch’s “The Temptation of St Anthony”.

4. tummler
   April 8th, 2009 at 6:15 am

   He didn’t smoke anything, James.

   Not every piece of abstract or surreal art comes from drug usage. Hell, I’ve had dreams that blow apart anything thought up while on drugs.

5. Daemon
   April 28th, 2009 at 9:52 pm

   Tummler,

   Let me correct you on one thing–dreaming is instigated by a chemical in your brain called DMT, DMT when ingested in extract form causes almost immediate REM cycles for 10-15 min in the consumer, DMT is a substance put into the most serious of all drug schedules in the US and is in the same tryptamine family group as Magic mushrooms and LSD. So, at least in the definition of the state, anything you derive from dreaming (visions, inspirations, forsight, or even material for a masterpiece painting) can be attributed at least in small part to this illegal chemical. If you are going to make a comment on how sober artists are just as talented and strange as drug induced artists, then I thought you might build a slightly less hol(e)y argument. Although, it would be significantly less beneficial for you to continue such a line, because the large majority of avant garde artists of any time are/were effected enormously by substance use. This group’s output of importance far outweighs the straight and sober method that I assume you stick to. No drinks to lube up imagination, a cup of coffee to keep going, maybe a joint or two when no one is looking?

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