I’m not sure if Trippin’ Tuesday will become a regular feature here, but if it does, this is a great first entry. Jules Guérin’s A Shaman’s Tale has a refreshing, handmade aesthetic that blends textures and papers to create a visually arresting, hypnotic journey. As for the story, as Guérin puts it:
A mystical journey of a powerful shaman from the deep jungle to the cosmos, based upon a very ancient Peruvian legend.
The old man wanted to find a way to heal people’s souls more profoundly so he sat under a tree and started to meditate for such a long time that at some point a vine sprouted from his chest and climbed on the tree up to the sky, becoming a link between the Earth and the Cosmos.
The vine was called Ayahuasca and the people from the village discovered that combined with the chacruna leaf, it had great healing properties.
Knowing that backstory add another layer to what might otherwise seem like simply a visual treat.
From 2022, Here’s Jules Guérin’s A Shaman’s Tale: