THE ENLIGHTENED VOICE
#15 | MAR. 2020
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OVERALL COVER DESIGN: Inspired by 4) EXPANSION: A glowing diamond MDLEAF_MARCH_2020.indd 1 the psychedelic experience, I wanted to represents the feeling one can have while capture the visual creative essence of it experiencing LSD. It also represents “Lucy while still honoring the cannabis plant. I in the Sky with Diamonds” envisioned the cover being a new door to the subject and the concept of “looking 5) SPIRIT: A golden sacred sun in” for the medicine and for the inner representing the spirit and how it can align journey. Colour wise I wanted to go with oneself with a spiritual understanding a modern take on the patterned neon and glowing. coloured visuals and integrate them into a storytelling theme of a quick history of 6) MEDICINE: A sacred geometrical shape LSD. represents the cellular structure and the research of medicinal connections of LSD. 1) TEMPLE DOORWAYS: In the center is an illustration of temple doors within 7) CREATIVITY: 2 golden keys representing temple doors, each with its own scene. This the unlocking of the the 2 hemispheres of represents oneself going within and taking the brain for new creative downloads and the psychedelic journey and discovering. insight. On each column is 3 sets of icons representing various aspects from historical 8) ALBERT HOFFMAN: The scientist that to beneficial. The bottom corner bases first discovered the psychedelic aspects of feature the THC and LSD-25 molecule LSD-25, years after creation. respectively. On top of the columns are a sphere of the globe and the space. 9) HIPPY LOVE: A crow chain of Daisies with a rainbow and sun representing 2) ERGOT: Featuring a few loaves of the Hippy Culture and Era and the bread, representing Ergot the mold and proliferation of LSD during the 60s-70s. how it grew. 10) COSMIC BALANCE: Represents the 3) RESEARCH: A book of knowledge cosmic consciousness and the facilitation of represents the scientific foundations of the this mind heart state on proper LSD doses. chemical and the continued study. 11) TIMOTHY LEARY: American psychologist that worked on the Harvard
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INDEPENDENT CANNABIS JOURNALISM SINCE 2010
Psilocybin Projct during 1960-62 which led 2/23/20 to his strong advocacy of hullicinogenic drugs for therapeutic use in psychiatry. Coined popular phrase “turn on, tune in, drop out”
18) LOVE: Love is the ultimate technology and opens one up to receive and give loving kindness and relations.
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12) DOORWAY 2: Featuring a jungle like environment represent plant life, this scene features 2 neon jellyfish with a young lady looking through onto the next doorway. She looks up the rabbit as a representation of “going into the rabbit hole”
19) DOORWAY 3: An island paradise in the shape of a head when viewed vertically, this area represents the inner paradise of happiness and love that LSD easily bridges into. A peacock stands happily in the middle representing the psychedelic pattern and inner revealing of ones mind.
13) SANDOZ: A Swiss flag banner represents the home of Sandoz Laboratory, origin of LSD-25.
20) BICYCLE DAY: A man flying off his bike represents April 19, 1943 as the first day Albert Hofmann dosed himself with LSD.
14) CIA: The US CIA logo represents the usage and study of LSD through the government via the CIA, with multiple covert and hidden experiments held on the public on various aspects.
21) FEED YOUR HEAD: Based off 60’s psychedelic song “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane, this represents going into the rabbit hole and the Hippy era.
15) MIND: A phrenology mind map represents the study and focus of mental abilities, control, and expansion and LSD. 16) TRUTH: 2 swords representing cutting to the core of the truth of experience. 17) HEALING: a wreath representing healing and the insight LSD can give into opening up to those areas that still need acknowledgement.
22) SACRED VISIONS: A close up of divine feminine representing the visual stimulus of LSD. 23) SAN FRANCISCO: The Golden Gate Bridge is represented here as a shoutout to Haight & Ashbury, home of Hippie culture and cannabis & LSD counter culture movements. Explainer by Artist Brandon Palma Founder | 8th Day Create
STORY by BRANDON PALMA @8THDAYCREATE
