'Inner Light' (Psychedelic Owl) Laptop Sleeve

The consequence of a collision between hyperspace and the owl totem that's haunted me since moving to Austin two years ago. Shout out to Augustin Lesage and Louis Wain, two men who went famously mad and became awesome (entirely sober) psychedelic artists. This piece is inspired by their work, as well as a few positively strange experiences that got me wondering about the origins of owl medicine. Basically: do hyperdimensional intelligences appear to us in the form of cartoon animals, as an interface that helps manage the overwhelming ineffability of higher realms? Do our folk stories and animal archetypes point to a totally nuts "self-transforming" world beyond mundane appearances? My vote is yes. More info on this painting: http://michaelgarfield.blogspot.com/2013/11/owl-painting-from-rootwireao-gratifly.html