Austin R. Pick
Austin R. Pick was born in North Carolina and has traveled widely while cultivating a commitment to contemplative practice and a love of the world’s wild places. Austin’s writing has appeared in The Arrow, The Stockholm Review of Literature, Epiphany, Tahoma Literary Review, Pleiades, Metazen, Adbusters Magazine and elsewhere. He holds a Master’s in Contemplative Religions from Naropa University, where he was a founding member of the Naropa Center for Psychedelic Studies. He lives in Colorado, and his website is fudomouth.net.
The Fractured Fractal | Meaning Making in the Psychedelic Multiverse
Journal Article
This expansive essay explores the multiverse as both scientific theory and cultural metaphor, weaving together threads from quantum mechanics, psychedelic neuroscience, religious cosmology, and pop culture. Pick argues that the multiverse—a model of infinite, interconnected realities—mirrors the fragmented yet richly pluralistic nature of modern consciousness in the age of digital hyperconnectivity.