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GLIP history

Posted by ZT - May 6th, 2008


God lives in psilocybin.

Psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical in magic mushrooms. The title comes from an experience I had in my room, where I met God. I don't remember what it was that we talked about, but I do remember clearly what he looked like. An orb of white light, or a sphere of missing. Like a vacuum in space perpetually sucking itself deeper and deeper, bathing in the light it had managed to trap that now pleasantly revolved around the center of the sphere.

I started GLIP about 8 months ago, and I had all but finished the first part when I began working full-time at TJMaxx. TJMaxx is a horrible place to work. It's not difficult in any way, it doesn't require me to be creative, it requires me to follow an endless list of unpractical procedures and regulations while performing an array of meaningless tasks. I also started college at ITT Tech, attending night classes after work. On top of this I managed to get myself into a relationship, leaving no time to persue the hobbies I know and love.

The second part of GLIP, the part with the teddy bear, I think was just an excuse for me to throw that track in there. I love that track. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time mixing it. The cartoon following it isn't particularly great, nor does it really match the other two pieces, but I still like it. It gave me a chance to try one of those infamous zoom-out-to-another-solar-system shots I've always wanted to do.

I was away from my computer for a solid six month period where I thought about the cartoon a lot but couldn't work on it. I ended up starting a storyboard when I got an idea for a diner scene where one of the people go through a schizophrenic episode which causes the other people in the diner to turn into robots. I bought some crayons, and colored that shit in. Crayons are amazing.

I put a lot of time into the sound of GLIP. I took a laptop with me outside to record ambient noises for the last scene, and to Ruby Tuesday's in order to grab some restaurant chatter. The first part of GLIP's audio was mixed heavily to give off that flanging effect sound has when in the throws of a hallucinogenic drug.

I took a week off of work to sit down and finish the project. I'm hypoglycemic so whenever I don't eat just the perfect amount of food I get really spaced out and tend to go off on wild tangents of thought I don't particularly care for. Point being it was bothering the shit out of me that I hadn't gotten to work on anything creative for almost a year, so I needed to get this project done.

I hope you enjoyed watching it.


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I did, and it's strange because last night i was thinking of how to put all my mushroom experience's into a twisted flash, and then i see yours. Amazing flash

Dude, that thing about the shrooms, like totally happened to me too,

Dude, GLIP is fuckin coool.
but you already knew that..
and all ur audio tracks
are equally as awesome.
i loved them from the first second.

i cant wait to see more stuff from you.
keep it up!

ridiculously great man, everything everything, I love projects that require a lot of process and yours is absolutely chocked full of that
the animation was spot on, the mixing perfect, all of it very disjointed with that surreal transcendent sense of time you can only get when your serotonin is playing sticks
it was beautiful
oh....and the tracks you made for it were really impressive....really impressive
three things I think you may love if I may be forward
read grant morrison (invisibles) or terrence mckenna, this website <a href="http://www.shamanic-extracts.com">www.shamanic-extracts.com</a>, and listen to some doseone clouddead
I can't wait for anything you may do in the future
much much love

bonz

my my my, walk to the store, buy some indrediantz!

Congratz on Glip it was focken awesome dope!!

Can we expect more flashes in this style from you?

Can i buy some pot from you?

so your telling me you....got high?

I shure did man. and it was fucking trippy.

OH I DID!

One of my favorite submissions of 08 so far. You're obviously a very talented and creative individual. I haven't ever taken mushrooms or acid or anything like that (although it is on my to-do list), but this flash really did give a whole lot of insight into the experience. I guess what I'm trying to say here is excellent job and I cant wait to see what you make next.

And you look almost exactly the same as me, which is pretty creepy.

That is creepy.

.. Thanks, <3.

I loved GLIP and I loved the teddy fays track ^_~ You are amazing and I hope to see more from you. =]

there arent enough cartoons involving psilocybin or DMT. good job.

Drugs are bad..dont you know that?

ZT!!! Like hai!!!

I enjoyed all your work, its trippy.

YOU'VE GOTTA SEE THIS SHIT

so... lazy?