Too Much To Learn in a Lifetime

 by Joel Guthrie

whoops I totally thought I was supposed to post today instead of last Wednesday... so today you get a twofer yay! 

Below is a piece of animation I just finished, literally yesterday. Surprise surprise, another segment for the Beach Boys video essay! This is the part where Brian Wilson starts unraveling. He starts seeing visions, and ultimately ends up having an LSD flashback (LSD users can spontaneously re-experience hallucinations even after their trip has ended). He's at a bookstore and panics as he realizes there is just too much to learn in one lifetime. 

Understand, this is the guy who got basically this entire set of books and tried to read it in one year:

Yes this is (most of, it's expanded since) my very own Library of Books Brian Wilson Probably Read in 1966. A lot of astrology, Zen, religion, psychology, psychedelics, health, even a bit of the occult. Clearly the collection of a seeker. I wish I had the time to read through this whole shelf myself, but like Brian, I am a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information to go through. Maybe it's enough for the knowledge simply to be there, for truth to exist out there in the world, without my being fully aware of its intricacies. 

Well anyway here's Brian freaking out enjoy