My Brother was recently in the Tate modern and stumbled accross the most striking work of art. There is no guessing what intially drew him to the picture. Matisse's 'The Snail' is first of all huge (3m x 3m), secondly it is hung on its own on a wall at the far end of the room in the Tate, finally there is of course the bold striking use of colour smacking you in the face before pulling you the length of the gallery to take a closer look. In the flesh the colours are actually not disimilar to Huxley's first range of colours. Great minds and all that! I thought I would post it here for two reasons, one - my brother told me to as he said as soon as he saw it he was reminded of Huxley and all we are trying to achieve, and two - the story behind how Matisse created this painting from a state of incapactation in his bed is pretty cool. Read more about that and the painting here.