Episode 020 - Autism and Psychedelics, Visionary Art w/ Nathan Cooper

In this episode I talk with Visionary Artist and host of the 'Autistic Psychedelic Zoom Meet-Up', Nathan Cooper. We discuss how psychedelics impacted his experience with Autism and Complex PTSD, and how psychedelics can be an effective treatment for those issues. Nathan is also creator of the 'Eyedalas' visionary art series, which is an expression of his experience with psychedelics. Come on in!..

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Nathan Cooper's Bio:

Art

Through my art I aim to evoke the feeling and ineffable nature of a visionary experience. At the intersections of shape and color, many hidden images emerge. Each represents the exploration of self, in the unfolding manifestations of the mind.

Myself

I have Autism. I was diagnosed with Complex PTSD from childhood. As a consequence I had ceased to create art for nearly 30 years. A visionary experience exorcised much of the trauma I carried from childhood, giving me a new life. It brought an immediate and significant reduction of depressive and anxious thoughts. I suddenly was free from a torment of mind that I wasn’t aware existed until it did no longer. I was renewed with energy, free from those thoughts.

For the first time in my life, I could appreciate myself.

Another experience a couple years later, unlocked the ability to create this art. It isn’t deliberate, but instead flows through me. I have from my mind an infinite source of content to draw upon and it excites me to create and share it with others.

This journey has renewed an intense passion for life, creativity, and experience.

Thank you for your interest and appreciation.

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