PSYCHEDELIC ELEVATOR SELFIE

“You live in a limitless reality. Whatever boundary you construct is a lingering self-created thought. There is a paradise beyond.”
― Vladimir Hlocky, Journeys Beyond Earth

Such a journey, as in the above quote can take place in an elevator, as for example Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator:

“A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men,” Mr. Wonka said.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

So the other day I took the elevator at my apartment building to the ground floor. I must have pushed the wrong button because where it took me is hard to describe. I decided to take a selfie to commemorate the moment.

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^{This is a crop from the actual photo below, formatted to fit my video further down.}

^{Actually, a Deep Dream creation, using my own style template of a old psychedelic drawing}
And here is the video I made from this image:

^{Created in Deep Dream from a Selfie taken in the Elevator of my apartment building, further enhanced in Photoshop, adding the original Deep Dream Style Element, which is from my old psychedelic drawing, digitally mirrored, as a background. Past the end credits I used further Photoshop filters on a detail from the original photo.

Sound effects by Frederick J. Benjamin on Pixabay additional sound dubbing by myself.

Deep Dream Generator - my dreams on Deep Dream (log-in required to view): artofthemystic}

There are several other images I created in Photoshop from the original selfie, which I added past the credits in the video to accommodate the links for 2 other of my videos on the end screen.

^{the original selfie photo}
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^{inverse color of the cloned image}

Here are some production frames where the Deep Dream images were used:

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^{from the Deep Dream image, cloned in Photoshop}

^{for the end screen - plastic wrap filter}
^{another one for the end screen - lighting filter}
20210318_171441web2000-crp-plastic-neon-light2-lensflare.jpg ^{... and with lens-flare}