ROUGH CUT DIAMOND . Sarah Masson . Limited edition artist book.
Modern makeshift magic, made from actual tears & other fluids. Sarah Masson takes us on a chaotic psychedelic realism journey through 150 pages of poetry, short stories & miscellaneous musings. Including her signature paintings with bold line work, along with channeled ambidextrous drawings throughout. This book also includes stunning photography both from Masson’s private collection, and collaborations with portrait photographers around the globe.
“Rough Cut Diamond’ is a powerful and poetic autoethnographical collection of true stories, reminiscent of The Hero’s Journey. Separated into 8 archetypal parts, it takes us from the physical realm of the seeker to the transcendental, spirit realm. With discombobulated narration spliced with razor sharp insights, it showcases her deliciously dark comedy, glimpses into actual conversations and miscellaneous self musings, to the most bizarre of situations. We as the reader get shunted about in our perspective from a fly on the wall in one moment to dark passenger the next… hand held like by some eager toddler, we are enthusiastically taken from the white picket fence, to the rave, to the gutter, to the orgy, to the temple and back again. It is not often we meet genuine shamans. As Terrence McKenna said, "The shaman is an individual who is able to transcend the dimensional confines of cultural existence. They know more than the people they serve…Only the shaman knows that culture is a game. Everyone else takes it seriously. That's how they can do their magic.” She has walked the path and returned from the mountain to share.”
-FOREWORD BY JOSHUA ‘SHUALI’ BUCKLE
Modern makeshift magic, made from actual tears & other fluids. Sarah Masson takes us on a chaotic psychedelic realism journey through 150 pages of poetry, short stories & miscellaneous musings. Including her signature paintings with bold line work, along with channeled ambidextrous drawings throughout. This book also includes stunning photography both from Masson’s private collection, and collaborations with portrait photographers around the globe.
“Rough Cut Diamond’ is a powerful and poetic autoethnographical collection of true stories, reminiscent of The Hero’s Journey. Separated into 8 archetypal parts, it takes us from the physical realm of the seeker to the transcendental, spirit realm. With discombobulated narration spliced with razor sharp insights, it showcases her deliciously dark comedy, glimpses into actual conversations and miscellaneous self musings, to the most bizarre of situations. We as the reader get shunted about in our perspective from a fly on the wall in one moment to dark passenger the next… hand held like by some eager toddler, we are enthusiastically taken from the white picket fence, to the rave, to the gutter, to the orgy, to the temple and back again. It is not often we meet genuine shamans. As Terrence McKenna said, "The shaman is an individual who is able to transcend the dimensional confines of cultural existence. They know more than the people they serve…Only the shaman knows that culture is a game. Everyone else takes it seriously. That's how they can do their magic.” She has walked the path and returned from the mountain to share.”
-FOREWORD BY JOSHUA ‘SHUALI’ BUCKLE
Modern makeshift magic, made from actual tears & other fluids. Sarah Masson takes us on a chaotic psychedelic realism journey through 150 pages of poetry, short stories & miscellaneous musings. Including her signature paintings with bold line work, along with channeled ambidextrous drawings throughout. This book also includes stunning photography both from Masson’s private collection, and collaborations with portrait photographers around the globe.
“Rough Cut Diamond’ is a powerful and poetic autoethnographical collection of true stories, reminiscent of The Hero’s Journey. Separated into 8 archetypal parts, it takes us from the physical realm of the seeker to the transcendental, spirit realm. With discombobulated narration spliced with razor sharp insights, it showcases her deliciously dark comedy, glimpses into actual conversations and miscellaneous self musings, to the most bizarre of situations. We as the reader get shunted about in our perspective from a fly on the wall in one moment to dark passenger the next… hand held like by some eager toddler, we are enthusiastically taken from the white picket fence, to the rave, to the gutter, to the orgy, to the temple and back again. It is not often we meet genuine shamans. As Terrence McKenna said, "The shaman is an individual who is able to transcend the dimensional confines of cultural existence. They know more than the people they serve…Only the shaman knows that culture is a game. Everyone else takes it seriously. That's how they can do their magic.” She has walked the path and returned from the mountain to share.”
-FOREWORD BY JOSHUA ‘SHUALI’ BUCKLE