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Re: The Magical Mushroom
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:58:39 GMT
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Chris Maddison wrote:
   Hey all, here’s my second public sculpture - the magical mushroom. Strangely enough, this one was inspired by a dream involving Smurfs (your guess is as good as mine :-). Anyways:



Made in two pieces - the stem and the head. The head has cross-beams that mount to the top of the stem. The most challenging sculpture I’ve made so far, trying to get the curves right with just bricks. I’m satisfied with it, but I’d definitely like to try a bigger version in the future. Maybe different colors...

LMKWYT!

”...one large fly-agaric or two small ones are enough to make an enjoyable day.”

Nice rendition of a Amanita muscaria Chris! Do they grow in the wild there too?

The legend is that the vikings made some sort of soup of it pre-war to get a little extra crazy, although they would have gotten in a dreamish state instead :)

Here’s a little about what Georg Heinrich von Langsdorf 1809 (same person that the first quote comes from) has to say about the effects of eating it: ”Consequently, if one wishes to step over a small stick or straw, he steps and jumps as if the obstacles were tree trunks. If a man is ordinarily talkative, his speech nerves are now in constant activity, and he involuntarily blurts out secrets, fully consious of his actions and aware of his secret but unable to hold his nerves in check. In this condition a man who is fond of dancing dances and a music-lover sings incessantly. Others run or walk quite involuntarily, without any intention of moving, to places where they do not wish to go at all. ”

In any case, don’t eat it, weather it’s made of bricks or not :)

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Best regards,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
(remove SPAM when e-mailing)



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(...) Thanks Tobbe. No, I haven't seen any around here anyways (midwest USA, Iowa specifically). We just get a lot of morels. Don't make you silly, but damn they sure taste good. :-) (...) Always good advice. :-) Thanks! (URL) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)

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Hey all, here's my second public sculpture - the magical mushroom. Strangely enough, this one was inspired by a dream involving Smurfs (your guess is as good as mine :-). Anyways: (URL) Made in two pieces - the stem and the head. The head has (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)

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