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W<\/span>hen pot photographer Allie Beckett started playing around with her photos in Photoshop, she discovered that cannabis does<\/em> have an addictive element after all.<\/p>\n \u201cPatterns just started to reveal themselves in different, subtle ways,\u201d she says. \u201cI was so mesmerized. It just became addicting.\u201d<\/p>\n What started seven years ago as a hobby in her boyfriend\u2019s basement blossomed into a gig as lead photographer for a start-up cannabis magazine.<\/p>\n Now, Beckett is an Ashland, Oregon-based photojournalist for Weedmaps and Marijuana.com. But instead of just taking cannabis photos of her majestic, organic gardens at TKO Reserve<\/a>, she\u2019s turning her photography into a spiritual practice.<\/p>\n Calling it \u201csacred ganjametry,\u201d Beckett creates kaleidoscopic cannabis mandalas for meditation purposes.<\/p>\n \u201cCannabis is a spiritual and meditative experience for me and many others, I believe,\u201d Beckett says. \u201cI have quite a few pieces of mandala art that I meditate upon \u2013 usually high \u2013 so that made me think, why not create cannabis mandalas to meditate upon? I honestly feel\u2026 meditating with cannabis, upon cannabis, brings me closer to the ancient spirit of the plant and connect[s] me with all the good she\u2019s done in the world, and everyone she\u2019s healed.\u201d<\/p>\n While the final product has a decidedly cosmic and otherworldly appeal, Beckett\u2019s creative process begins with a more down-to-earth approach.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely love to smoke before I shoot, edit, design or do anything creative,\u201d Beckett says. \u201cI typically smoke the strains I shoot since we grow our own, so it truly comes full circle.\u201d<\/p>\n Beckett says she\u2019s a \u201cflower girl through and through,\u201d so her favorite way to smoke is a simple fat joint<\/a>, sometimes with rosin or bubble hash rolled in<\/a>. \u201cI also love medicated drinks<\/a> and snacks<\/a> while I\u2019m creating,\u201d she says. \u201cAll of a sudden it hits you and you just start thinking on another level.\u201d<\/p>\n That next-level creativity led to using extensive mirroring in Photoshop, resulting in the kaleidoscopic effect that\u2019s so prevalent in psychedelic visionary art. Her cosmic cannabis images bear names like Pink Gelato, Red Velvet Pie, Sunset Sherbet and Purple Punch.<\/p>\n And yes, the titles correspond to the actual strains featured in the photos.<\/p>\n Beckett is working with society6.com<\/a> to offer the art on a variety of products \u2014 from tapestries to phone cases.<\/p>\n Despite her own spiritual intentions for her art, she has humbler expectations for her fans.<\/p>\n \u201cI just want people to see this beautiful plant from a different perspective,\u201d Beckett says. \u201cI hope for people to get lost in [the images] and imagine themselves in some of these otherworldly landscapes.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally published in\u00a0Issue 27<\/a>\u00a0of Cannabis Now.\u00a0<\/em>LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n TELL US,<\/strong> do you create art?<\/p>\n The post Higher Self: Cannabis Kaleidoscopes<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Cannabis photographer uses her profession to develop a spiritual practice and meditation mandalas. When pot photographer Allie Beckett started playing around with her photos in Photoshop, she discovered that cannabis does have an addictive element after all. \u201cPatterns just started to reveal themselves in different, subtle ways,\u201d she says. \u201cIContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":22350,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2896,50,99,85,2022],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22351,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22349\/revisions\/22351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/alliebeckett.jpg\")
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