We are especially grateful to Prof. Ralph Buchner
of the University of Applied Sciences Munich for Design & his students for the scientific work and the paper.
Study »INTO THE LIGHT, Creativity through Psychedelic Light Travel«
Quotes:
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Creativity research shows, that with the
help of extraordinary states of consciousness one can
leave old thought patterns and be open to a new approach. ...
... Even after the first sessions
new creative solutions through light experience seemed possible: »After the session,
in only a few minutes I drew three pages of character-sketches.« a character design-student said. An industrial-design student discovered that he was able to see the
topics he was working on
from a different perspective. And an illustration-student remarked: »I was free for something new, had a
creative boost, and was drawing the entire afternoon after the Lucia session.« ...
... As part of a project seminar in the working field »Research and Experiment« at the School of Design, students investigated through individual design projects in fields of
illustration,
photography, character design, environmental design, and
transportation design possibilities with inspiration from the light experience with Lucia Nº03. ...
... Additionally, an
attempt was made to make the
inner visual psychedelic experience digitally or analogically visible. ...
... To
capture the influence more closely of the neurostimulator Lucia N°03 ...
Study Into the light Ralph Buchner University of applied science Munich 2015News research Ralph Buchner University of applied science Munich