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Psychedelia 9
Acrylic on canvas
37" X 25"

Level 5 is the ultimate psychedelic experience. Phosphenes become so bright and pervasive that they completely overwhelm normal perception. The typical bagel illusion fills in to a bright globe of light. The normal world fades from view behind it.

Psychedelia 9 shows the onset of level 5. The real-world scene, with a clear sky seen through a gap in surrounding trees, is nearly lost. The overwhelming bright phosphene fills the field of view, with the central phosphene obscuring the background, and radiating spicules overlaying and blocking the nearer trees.