Lifecycle of a mushroom. gouache on watercolour 8 x 12
It's mushroom season -now's the time to foray! Every time I venture into the woods I don't get far before I find mushrooms
all over, on the ground, on dead logs, on trees & on the path. Such a variety, a few edible but all magical! Storm is giving a demonstration on growing oyster mushrooms and asked me to draw the lifecycle of a mushroom as he didn't want to use an already existing image. It was a pleasure to paint and now I know - the lifecycle of a mushroom. Spores have been painted larger than they are for artistic enhancement. That's the wonderful aspect of mushrooms, unlike plants you pull up the roots but mushrooms send spores into the air to self seed'... no wonder they are everywhere.
I was thinking about that poor dog who ate the mushroom and died, again it was just bad luck (over curious pup) as I'm reminded deer know which mushrooms are safe and which are not, even birds know what they can & can't eat, most creatures do. Humans who are sometimes allergic to something and others are not - it's just life... or death. Why do bees kill some and others hardly notice a sting. Which has me pondering the bigger picture - why do some become addicted' and others don't. I don't know. What I do know is putting people in jail, punishing someone suffering with addiction does not help. Help, education, compassion & understanding are what's needed. Attaching shame to addictions does not help either.
Psilocybin - for depression is finally here people are aware & helping themselves and others. Psilocybin mushrooms are not addictive & are shown, proven to help with depression with more available and sessions, events, lessons are popping up everywhere - just like the mushrooms themselves. This 'experiment' sounds interesting - thousand showing up for an experience - no prescription needed and a waiting list of over 3,000! I'm excited for psilocybin awareness as I know it also helps people quit other vices - such as alcohol & tobacco addiction. Let the spores spread!
Mental health is the existing pandemic, people are tired of prescription drugs with countless side effects. Prescriptions I might add that they are encouraged to take for a while, if not a lifetime. Many claim they only need one dose of mushrooms to help for months -if not years. Once again Gods medicine has proven itself. Mushrooms to get high' also seems to be on the rise as education informs, unlike alcohol 'not becoming addicted' will absolutely have it's benefits and no hangover. Some take mushrooms and still drink which is not advised, (I am sensitive to drinking wine when eating regular mushrooms) neither is alcohol and pills.. or cannabis. The choice to do so -is exactly that: a choice & we can't control others decisions.. hopefully as mushrooms become more available people will choose the 'healthier option. There will always be some who overindulged and become addicted... always. Love is the answer, not punishment.
There are already stores all over Toronto (& spreading) that sell psilocybin - if God wants them seen & used - they will be.
Mushrooms are good for the brain & entertaining to paint!
I painted another mushroom lifecycle I liked even more... I think I'll make it a sticker to help educate on the mushroom lifecycle and spread education like spores.
created to create
It's mushroom season -now's the time to foray! Every time I venture into the woods I don't get far before I find mushrooms
all over, on the ground, on dead logs, on trees & on the path. Such a variety, a few edible but all magical! Storm is giving a demonstration on growing oyster mushrooms and asked me to draw the lifecycle of a mushroom as he didn't want to use an already existing image. It was a pleasure to paint and now I know - the lifecycle of a mushroom. Spores have been painted larger than they are for artistic enhancement. That's the wonderful aspect of mushrooms, unlike plants you pull up the roots but mushrooms send spores into the air to self seed'... no wonder they are everywhere.
I was thinking about that poor dog who ate the mushroom and died, again it was just bad luck (over curious pup) as I'm reminded deer know which mushrooms are safe and which are not, even birds know what they can & can't eat, most creatures do. Humans who are sometimes allergic to something and others are not - it's just life... or death. Why do bees kill some and others hardly notice a sting. Which has me pondering the bigger picture - why do some become addicted' and others don't. I don't know. What I do know is putting people in jail, punishing someone suffering with addiction does not help. Help, education, compassion & understanding are what's needed. Attaching shame to addictions does not help either.
Psilocybin - for depression is finally here people are aware & helping themselves and others. Psilocybin mushrooms are not addictive & are shown, proven to help with depression with more available and sessions, events, lessons are popping up everywhere - just like the mushrooms themselves. This 'experiment' sounds interesting - thousand showing up for an experience - no prescription needed and a waiting list of over 3,000! I'm excited for psilocybin awareness as I know it also helps people quit other vices - such as alcohol & tobacco addiction. Let the spores spread!
Mental health is the existing pandemic, people are tired of prescription drugs with countless side effects. Prescriptions I might add that they are encouraged to take for a while, if not a lifetime. Many claim they only need one dose of mushrooms to help for months -if not years. Once again Gods medicine has proven itself. Mushrooms to get high' also seems to be on the rise as education informs, unlike alcohol 'not becoming addicted' will absolutely have it's benefits and no hangover. Some take mushrooms and still drink which is not advised, (I am sensitive to drinking wine when eating regular mushrooms) neither is alcohol and pills.. or cannabis. The choice to do so -is exactly that: a choice & we can't control others decisions.. hopefully as mushrooms become more available people will choose the 'healthier option. There will always be some who overindulged and become addicted... always. Love is the answer, not punishment.
There are already stores all over Toronto (& spreading) that sell psilocybin - if God wants them seen & used - they will be.
Mushrooms are good for the brain & entertaining to paint!
I painted another mushroom lifecycle I liked even more... I think I'll make it a sticker to help educate on the mushroom lifecycle and spread education like spores.
created to create
