Triptych in Four Parts (1958)

In describing the basis for TRIPTYCH IN FOUR PARTS artist Lawrence Jordan writes Part one is the Portrait of a North Beach artist John Reed Part two and three take place in the desert of the Southwestern United States and Mexico where I went in quest of and found the natural habitat of the peyote cactus I watched this sacred plant cut and dried for the Indians of the Native American Church I consumed peyote on numerous occasions In later years when I red Castinedas books on the teachings on Don Juan I realized that Mescalito was not a figment of Don Juans imagination and that there is a spirit world whether we like it or not Part four is a document of the time and exemplifies the poetry that was in me at that time