<h4><strong>Inspirations for Dark Art: Dark Days Indeed<h4><strong>

Inspirations for Dark Art: Dark Days Indeed

Where does my darker art come from? First and foremost it comes from my imagination, but what triggers and stimulates the imagination to create art, especially dark art? For me it’s a combination of things, obviously from my personality and certainly the darker regions of my psyche. I sometimes get ideas from dreams, influence from other art. I’ve had some fucked up life experiences which can be something I tap into, and I have a very dark sense of humor. Maybe this humor is a way to deal (or not) with things, who knows? There’s a lyric from one of my favorite bands New Model Army
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Nameless Digest #3

Nameless Digest #3

I have art and an interview in the latest Nameless Digest #3. Check it out and purchase below! NAMELESS Digest is an exciting, outstanding biannual journal of the macabre and esoteric. It features articles, artwork, interviews, and fiction from some of the best in the fields of the Weird, science fiction, and horror, both classic and fresh voices, and all new. NAMELESS also presents outstanding reviews and scholarship of literature, cinema, and comics in a FULL-COLOR, eye-catching format. Profusely illustrated. There is also an active website that is tied-in to the digest: http://www.NamelessMag.com, as well as a Facebook Fan Page
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Religion as a Product of Psychotropic Drug Use

Religion as a Product of Psychotropic Drug Use

I would suggest perhaps Deosogen (“generating awe within”) rather than Entheogen (“generating the divine within”), that way you would do away with the hang-up of the idea of God and it could more readily apply to those with or without faith in a supreme being equally. Anyways, worth a read. ~Bryan ___________________________________________________ How much of religious history was influenced by mind-altering substances? The notion that hallucinogenic drugs played a significant part in the development of religion has been extensively discussed, particularly since the middle of the twentieth century. Various ideas of this type have been collected into what has become
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The Visual Art of Bryan Kent Ward: New Website Launch!

The Visual Art of Bryan Kent Ward: New Website Launch!

As we enter the fourth station of the year, light is reborn within the womb of darkness. I feel the winter solstice is a great symbol of launching my new website, so out of this darkness into a new light! It’s been a long time coming and here it is, my new website! I will be adding art and blogging art related posts which I will update here and via Facebook. Please check out the site and look at the art, most images will enlarge when you click on them. If there are any glitches please let me know. Thanks!
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