web01.fireside.fm Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:50:56 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Stuart Davis” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/stuart%20davis Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:00:00 -0500 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 37: Entities, with Stuart Davis https://www.weirdstudies.com/37 6cff39af-2431-48a3-b816-dab244436728 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:00:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 37 Entities, with Stuart Davis full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil discuss nonhuman beings in an aesthetic universe with filmmaker, musician and mystic Stuart Evan Davis. 1:14:47 yes <p>Several years ago, on New Year’s Eve, a tall, purple-robed praying mantis appeared to multidisciplinary artist Stuart Evan Davis as he meditated while running a fever. “Remember who you work for,” the entity said after beaming a zettabyte of information into Stuart’s febrile mind. Though it lasted less than a minute, the encounter sparked a series of life-changing -- and hair-raising -- events worthy of a Philip K. Dick novel. </p> <p>JF and Phil talk to Stuart Davis to get his thoughts on nonhuman intelligences, the artistic cosmos, a movie trilogy the Mantis commissioned, and Stuart’s brilliant audio documentary, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_8W0qCUH0" rel="nofollow noopener">Man Meets Mantis</a></em>.</p> <p>Header image by OLJA, Wikimedia Commons </p> <p>Stuart Davis Official <a href="http://www.stuartdavis.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Website</a> <br> Stuart Davis, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_8W0qCUH0" rel="nofollow noopener">Man Meets Mantis</a></em> <br> Stuart Davis, “<a href="https://www.consciouslife.com/something-from-nothing-6-month-course/" rel="nofollow noopener">Something from Nothing</a>” course <br> <a href="https://www.jasminekarimova.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Jasmine Karimova</a>, singer-songwriter <br> Ramsey Dukes, <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064416.The_Good_the_Bad_the_Funny" rel="nofollow noopener">The Good, The Bad, and the Funny</a></em> <br> <a href="http://johnemackinstitute.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">John Mack</a>, psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcher<br> <a href="http://www.jacquesvallee.net/research.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Jacques Vallee</a>, ufologist <br> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18452.John_A_Keel" rel="nofollow noopener">John Keel</a>, paranormal researcher <br> Weird Studies episode 2, “<a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/2" rel="nofollow noopener">Garmonbozia</a>” <br> Norman McLaren, <em><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/spheres/" rel="nofollow noopener">Spheres</a></em> <br> <a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-surrealists-paintings-inspire-witches-academics-alike" rel="nofollow noopener">Remedios Varo</a>, artist <br> <a href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/leonora-carrington" rel="nofollow noopener">Leonora Carrington</a>, artist <br> JF Martel, <em><a href="http://www.reclaimingart.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice</a></em> <br> Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.</p> mantis entities, aliens, contactee, stuart davis, art, abduction, ufos, daimon Several years ago, on New Year’s Eve, a tall, purple-robed praying mantis appeared to multidisciplinary artist Stuart Evan Davis as he meditated while running a fever. “Remember who you work for,” the entity said after beaming a zettabyte of information into Stuart’s febrile mind. Though it lasted less than a minute, the encounter sparked a series of life-changing -- and hair-raising -- events worthy of a Philip K. Dick novel.

JF and Phil talk to Stuart Davis to get his thoughts on nonhuman intelligences, the artistic cosmos, a movie trilogy the Mantis commissioned, and Stuart’s brilliant audio documentary, Man Meets Mantis.

Header image by OLJA, Wikimedia Commons

Stuart Davis Official Website
Stuart Davis, Man Meets Mantis
Stuart Davis, “Something from Nothing” course
Jasmine Karimova, singer-songwriter
Ramsey Dukes, The Good, The Bad, and the Funny
John Mack, psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcher
Jacques Vallee, ufologist
John Keel, paranormal researcher
Weird Studies episode 2, “Garmonbozia”
Norman McLaren, Spheres
Remedios Varo, artist
Leonora Carrington, artist
JF Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice

Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.

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JF and Phil talk to Stuart Davis to get his thoughts on nonhuman intelligences, the artistic cosmos, a movie trilogy the Mantis commissioned, and Stuart’s brilliant audio documentary, Man Meets Mantis.

Header image by OLJA, Wikimedia Commons

Stuart Davis Official Website
Stuart Davis, Man Meets Mantis
Stuart Davis, “Something from Nothing” course
Jasmine Karimova, singer-songwriter
Ramsey Dukes, The Good, The Bad, and the Funny
John Mack, psychiatrist and abduction phenomenon researcher
Jacques Vallee, ufologist
John Keel, paranormal researcher
Weird Studies episode 2, “Garmonbozia”
Norman McLaren, Spheres
Remedios Varo, artist
Leonora Carrington, artist
JF Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice

Special Guest: Stuart Evan Davis.

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