The three-story structure, which is currently being built on the Greys' property in New York's Hudson Valley, will be CoSM's art sanctuary. The latest chapter in this quest is the construction of Entheon (meaning, "A place to discover the Creator within"). CoSM honors the Mystical Experience portrayed in visionary artworks inspired by personal contact with Divinity." Countless friends, artists and artisans are co-creating this spiritual center. nonprofit since 1996, and an interfaith church since 2008. This became the quest of our life: to build the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Since their first meeting, the Greys have had many transformative experiences, but one particularly pivotal moment occurred in 1985, when, according to Allyson, "the vision came to both of us simultaneously of a room housing the 'Sacred Mirror' paintings. Alex eventually went on to instruct Artistic Anatomy and Figure Sculpture at New York University, after which, he and Allyson began teaching visionary art workshops worldwide.
Alex's mind/body/spirit explorations would eventually manifest in his iconic "Sacred Mirrors" series - 21 vibrant life-sized paintings that examine the interplay between the body's physical and spiritual anatomy. Joan Borysenko to help investigate healing energies. He later signed on as a research technologist with mind-body medicine pioneers Dr. As the Greys continued to deepen their spiritual connection and creative consciousness, Alex was also exploring the corporeal realms while working in Harvard Medical School's anatomy department, where he prepared cadavers for dissection. The seeds of the Greys' formidable body of work can be traced back to the couple's first psychoactive meeting in Boston, and their early "sacramental journeys" on LSD. After meeting at one of Alex's art exhibitions, the two "struck up a friendship," which eventually led them to collaborate on the iconic artwork for Tool's Lateralus, 10,000 Days and more. In 1999, Alex's work caught the attention of Tool guitarist Adam Jones. Alex's psychedelic creations have been used by artists including Meshuggah, Nirvana, Beastie Boys and David Byrne.
But their influence has reached much further into the realms of popular culture. In 1975, while attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, he met his lifelong partner, artist Allyson Rymland Grey, and the two have been blazing trails in the visionary art community ever since. Alex, however, hasn't been alone in this journey. The dreamer speaking is artist Alex Grey, who for more than 35 years has been at the forefront of the visionary art field. So I did a series of pieces for half a year based on that dream." After that dream, every time I passed by a mirror, I imagined half of my hair shaved off.
I looked down into the can and connected eyes with myself. In the dream, I opened a garbage can and saw myself naked in a fetal position with half my hair shaved. "When I was 20 years old I had a nightmarish dream that initiated one of my earliest performance series.