Characters & Locations
Part 3
Amsterdam / USA
( Testing the boundaries The Simulation )2006 - 2007
In April 2006 Loid was invited by Agent Kevin to join him in Amsterdam for a weekend.
In April 2006 Loid was invited by Agent Kevin to join him in Amsterdam for a weekend.
In a small hotel room Loid had an experience that didn't have a beginning or end. The experience didn't last for minutes or hours or days... it lasted FOREVER.
In a small hotel room Loid had an experience that didn't have a beginning or end. The experience didn't last for minutes or hours or days... it lasted FOREVER.
Sometimes even now and just for a moment it can be felt. Loid is still inside the Infinite Melting Hotel Room in Amsterdam... and all of reality is an illusion.
Sometimes even now and just for a moment it can be felt. Loid is still inside the Infinite Melting Hotel Room in Amsterdam... and all of reality is an illusion.
Nothing was ever the same after Amsterdam.
Nothing was ever the same after Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 2006
April 2006
The Royal Palace
Amsterdam ,Netherlands April 2006The Royal Palace
Wooden Shoes
Amsterdam ,Netherlands April 2006Wooden Shoes
Back Ally with Bird
Amsterdam ,Netherlands April 2006Back Ally with Bird
Amsterdam canal with street art
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006Amsterdam canal with street art
Public urinal
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006Public urinal
Agent Kevin who invited Loid to Amsterdam for the weekend
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006Agent Kevin who invited Loid to Amsterdam for the weekend
House being held up by a wooden pole
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006House being held up by a wooden pole
Hand on breast with lock between cobble stones
The Flag and Symbol of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006The Flag and Symbol of Amsterdam
Amsterdam's "Red Light" District
Amsterdam, NetherlandsApril 2006Amsterdam's "Red Light" District
The Magic Mushroom Gallery
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006The Magic Mushroom Gallery
Purchased Mushrooms with "Facts and Tips"
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006 Purchased Mushrooms with "Facts and Tips"
The Hotel Room
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006The Hotel Room
The Hotel Room
Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2006The Hotel Room
Loid was 34 years old and had never tried any psychedelic or mind altering drug in his life up to that point and rarely even drank alcohol. Nothing that he had read on the subject of psychedelics or The Psychedelic Experience before the trip to Amsterdam could have prepared him for what happened in that hotel room. He imagined that the mushrooms would make him see beautiful patterns and colors that would be pleasant and inspiring. Loid did not comprehend how completely unprepared he was for the approaching apocalyptic experience of Ego Death. He could not have known that the next 8 hours (Earth Time) would irreversibly and completely change his life forever!
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Loid was 34 years old and had never tried any psychedelic or mind altering drug in his life up to that point and rarely even drank alcohol. Nothing that he had read on the subject of psychedelics or The Psychedelic Experience before the trip to Amsterdam could have prepared him for what happened in that hotel room. He imagined that the mushrooms would make him see beautiful patterns and colors that would be pleasant and inspiring. Loid did not comprehend how completely unprepared he was for the approaching apocalyptic experience of Ego Death. He could not have known that the next 8 hours (Earth Time) would irreversibly and completely change his life forever!
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The Hotel Room
Amsterdam, NetherlandsApril 2006The Hotel Room
The Hotel Room Video Just Before The Infinity Event
Amsterdam, NetherlandsApril 2006The Hotel Room Video Just Before The Infinity Event
New York, USA
New York, USA
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Manhattan 5 Years After 9/11
New York, USA2006Manhattan 5 Years After 9/11
Friend Dancing at a Manhattan Nightclub
New York, USA2006Friend Dancing at a Manhattan Nightclub
Friends Dancing at a Manhattan Nightclub
New York, USA2006Friends Dancing at a Manhattan Nightclub
Like any normal day until the chest pains began
New York, USA2006Like any normal day until the chest pains began
38 years old and recovering from his Heart Attack
New York, USA200638 years old and recovering from his Heart Attack
Recovering in a hospital in Manhattan
New York, USA2006Recovering in a hospital in Manhattan
La Circola della Domenica (The Sunday Circle)
New York, USA2006La Circola della Domenica (The Sunday Circle)
Subway at Christopher Street in Greenwich Village
New York, USA2006Subway at Christopher Street in Greenwich Village
GO HOME TOURISTS
New York, USA2006GO HOME TOURISTS
New York, USA
2006New York, USA
Can almost see the hospital in The Village where he died in front of Loid.
Can almost see the hospital in The Village where he died in front of Loid.
It was only a moment for his boyfriend... he took no notice... but for Loid, the trauma would forever trap his soul in a very specific moment in time.
It was only a moment for his boyfriend... he took no notice... but for Loid, the trauma would forever trap his soul in a very specific moment in time.
California Arizona
California Arizona
2005 - 2006
2005 - 2006
America in Iraq. War protest on the beach
Santa Monica, CaliforniaAmerica in Iraq. War protest on the beach
2005
A cross for every dead American in the Iraq war
Santa Monica, CaliforniaA cross for every dead American in the Iraq war
2005
Top of Runyon Canyon
Hollywood, CaliforniaTop of Runyon Canyon
2007
Loid's Boss's 2nd Exhibition
Studio City, Los AngelesLoid's Boss's 2nd Exhibition
2006
LIGHTRAY
Studio City, Los AngelesLIGHTRAY
2006
Agent Oscar and Loid in Los Angeles calling the Italian boyfriend in Italy
Hollywood, CaliforniaAgent Oscar and Loid in Los Angeles calling the Italian boyfriend in Italy
2006
La Circola della Domenica (The Sunday Circle)
Downtown Los Angeles, CaliforniaLa Circola della Domenica (The Sunday Circle)
2007
Wiggin Out
Hollywood, CaliforniaWiggin Out
2007
Los Angeles Sunset
Los Angeles Sunset
2007
is the hypothesis that all of reality, including the Earth and the universe could be in fact an artificial simulation — for example by quantum computer simulation — indistinguishable from “true” reality. It could contain conscious minds which may or may not be fully aware that they are living inside a simulation. This is a proposed technology so advanced that it would seem realistic enough to convince its inhabitants the simulation was real.
is the hypothesis that all of reality, including the Earth and the universe could be in fact an artificial simulation — for example by quantum computer simulation — indistinguishable from “true” reality. It could contain conscious minds which may or may not be fully aware that they are living inside a simulation. This is a proposed technology so advanced that it would seem realistic enough to convince its inhabitants the simulation was real.
This is quite different from the current, technologically achievable concept of virtual reality. Virtual reality is easily distinguished from the experience of actuality; participants are never in doubt about the nature of what they experience. Simulated reality, by contrast, would be hard or impossible to separate from "true" reality. There has been much debate over this topic, ranging from philosophical discourse to practical applications in computing.
This is quite different from the current, technologically achievable concept of virtual reality. Virtual reality is easily distinguished from the experience of actuality; participants are never in doubt about the nature of what they experience. Simulated reality, by contrast, would be hard or impossible to separate from "true" reality. There has been much debate over this topic, ranging from philosophical discourse to practical applications in computing.
CHRONOLOGY
CHRONOLOGY
