Nir Brainin

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What causes hallucinations, changes in thought patterns and states of consciousness? What provokes feelings and sensations that one does not experience on a daily basis? This is a personal adventure that may expose hidden traits, deeply buried in the most secret alcoves of the soul; an adventure that may awaken forgotten childhood memories or divulge secrets from one of the compartments closest to the heart; where matter penetrates the body and causes one to see things differently from anything seen in everyday life. The curiosity to understand what happens when we take hallucinogenic drugs — mushrooms, LSD or other — is what drives this work. During the state of trance that accompanies a loss of the senses, one may experience a range of hallucinations, emotions, colors, smells, modifications of consciousness and alternative worlds. Such an extraordinary experience is unfamiliar to me. Uncertainty is an entity which everyone can invite into their personal world so as to embark on a journey, uncharted yet intriguing enough. Are we drawn into an imaginary world? Or is this in fact the real world, usually hidden from us? The world as we fail to see it in our everyday life? And what if all of this was just one big hallucination?