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      "body": "[10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses: Find A Hidden Green Tokyo - originally published at Support4Good.com](https://support4good.com/blog/community-news/10-sustainable-eco-businesses-find-a-hidden-green-tokyo/)\n\n[Heralbony](https://heralbony.com/)\n\n![heralbony-2-1024x637.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfENH3nrVknznjVmHDejmoCEy1tvTjYVjPDbCFrEPwD7q/heralbony-2-1024x637.png)\n\nHeralbony Gallery - Tokyo - 東京 - Iwate - 岩手県\nFor about five years I worked for a fashion company, and even though I might not be the most stylish now, I do have an aesthetic appreciation for fashion objects. Maybe it’s the artist in me. So when I found out about Heralbony, I kind of fell in love with both their product and their purpose-driven business model.\n\nIf you’re in Tokyo, you can visit them at their art gallery or their pop-up store near Ginza-Itchome Station, and you should, in order to get the full impact of their project. \n\nThey work with autistic artists, and together with them, create beautiful, cheerful, and colorful scarves, bags, accessories, and garments. They also sell original art and art prints by their artists. Not only does it give their artists a way to thrive and an important role to play in society, but it also gives us, the consumer, two things. First, you can have truly fashionable items to own and secondly, you can learn by their innovative approach that there are still fresh and novel ways to do good for society by creating a popular and successful retail business.\n\n[株式会社松竹圓 , or Shochiku-en](https://shochiku-en.jp/?catid=13&bid=131&nid=52)\n\n![Shochiku-en 10 Sustainable Eco-Shops.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYC3hVEnn9E3UAsxppKWveNmoKXPfpSKfrvixNg1jw8SQ/Shochiku-en%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Shops.PNG)\n\nShochiku-en - Tokyo - 東京 - 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses\nThough Japan is renowned for its excellent cuisine, and you can find just about any type of food on the streets of most major cities,  if you’re in search of vegan or vegetarian food, you might be a bit disappointed. Thanks to companies like [株式会社松竹圓](https://shochiku-en.jp/?catid=13&bid=131&nid=52), pronounced Shochiku-en, finding delicious vegan foods and desserts is getting easier!\n\nIf you live on the north side of Tokyo, then you’re in luck, as the physical address of this vegan taste-making outfit is in Arakawa city.  For the rest of us, it might sound like a bit of a long trip to make just for a vegan cake.  I want to note that these are not just ordinary cakes. Secondly, the location of Shochiku-en is not an issue because you can order online! \n\nShochiku-en offers everything from Vegan Muskat Cake and Rainbow Cake, to savories like Taiwanese-style Vegan buns, frozen foods, and even some grocery items. \n\nI recommend the Rainbow Cake : )\n\n[Maison Yoshimi](https://en.zorin.jp/?catid=20&bid=138&nid=52)\n\n![Maison Yoshimi 10 Sustainable Eco-Shops.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQHgwiGRTkyU2MJavsnDHACUdvqsAderErT2CsieQHP7v/Maison%20Yoshimi%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Shops.PNG)\n\nMaison Yoshimi - Tokyo - 東京\nThe zori 草履, a Japanese sandal, is a highly aesthetic type of footwear commonly worn during traditional occasions in Japan, especially when wearing a kimono or yukata, during hanami 花見 or some other cultural or ceremonial activity.\n\nThese sandals are traditionally made from rice straw or lacquered wood, but Yoshimi Sakai of [Maison Yoshimi](https://en.zorin.jp/?catid=20&bid=138&nid=52) has chosen to do something a little different. Instead of simply making zori to be worn with kimonos, she is bringing the two together into one by finding a new life for the old.  Maison Yoshimi reduces old, unused kimono into strips and with those pieces, weaves her zori from the remnants, creating traditional Japanese sandals in a whole new form, that are rich with color and history.\n\nThanks to an abundance of old kimonos in Japan and the fastidiousness of the culture, this re-purposing gives the kimono a new life in a fresh re-imagining of traditional forms. \n\n[Chocolabo](https://chocolabo.or.jp/)\n\n![Chocolabo 10 Sustainable Eco-Shops.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbUKuAgwmbU7zgLGtAScoKEME9SZPJw77DChpdZ3bdWzK/Chocolabo%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Shops.PNG)\n\nChocolabo - Yokohama - 横浜\nThere are many aspects of Japanese society that I admire and think it does exceptionally well at. One of those areas is in the way people with debilitating disabilities can find supportive work opportunities and novel outlets for creativity and exploration. Like Heralbony, Chocolabo is successful and finds its purpose through the employment of people with disabilities.\n\nTo do what? you might ask. The manufacture of delicious, artful, and one-of-a-kind chocolates: Petit chocolate white sesame, Petit chocolate rock salt, 8 stick mandian, 20 pieces of dried fruit chocolate… is your mouth watering yet? Find [Chocolabo offerings online](https://monolabo-chocolabo.com/) or head to [their workshop in Center Minami](https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9C/@35.5439842,139.5722113,17.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6018f632da1ec947:0x102cce1f917c3681!8m2!3d35.5445969!4d139.5693656), Yokohama, to get the whole picture of what they do, and the cheerful spirit in which it is done.\n\n**Nonprofits and Online Shopping Working Together for Positive Impact\nHelp make shopping online an ethical activity. Your leadership is needed. Join the network!**\n\n**Join as a business or nonprofit member and empower end consumers by giving them an easy way to effect positive change.**\n\n**[Learn More >>](https://support4good.com/why-shop-support4good/)**\n**[Let’s Talk](https://calendly.com/support4good/45min?month=2022-01) >>**\n\n[のーぷらNo Plastic Japan](https://noplasticjapan.com/)\n\n![No Plastic Japan - 10 Sustainable Eco-Shops.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNnEQwUZQAF6k1TR8VGpqJ4vTmvk8kRr7Pezd5FeiY9oP/No%20Plastic%20Japan%20-%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Shops.PNG)\n\nNo Plastic Japan - Tokyo - 東京\nThe responsibility for advancing progressive cultural transformation falls on anyone who feels a calling to make an impact in some way, but companies are uniquely enabled to operationalize and multiply the effects of their efforts to encourage cultural reforms.\n\n[No Plastic Japan](https://noplasticjapan.com/) is one of the leaders in the space of educating and making available alternative products that we usually buy in plastic form. Products like straws that are famous for causing death and destruction in the oceans are just one example of what No Plastic Japan offers a non-plastic alternative to. They have an online shop on their website, but also partner with a wide range of existing brick and mortar retailers to make their products more widely available. \n\nFind them at one of these retailers near you.\n\n\n[Plasticity](https://plasticity.co.jp/)\n\n![Plasticity - 10 Sustainable Eco-Shops.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRmzTZ5UF3zYTqcYa7uCEYuqLm9VCVVLvXDmMpQED88CZ/Plasticity%20-%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Shops.PNG)\n\nPlasticity - Tokyo - 東京 - 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses\nSupport4Good offers a way for online shops like the ones found here to partner, through an affiliate relationship, with nonprofits to increase their impact even more. When I first started to look for companies I’d like to invite to the platform, one of the first I found was Plasticity, but I’ve been too shy to approach them still! One day… one day.\n\nOne of the most effective of the 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses, Plasticity’s solution of tastefully upcycling old plastic umbrellas, which are a huge source of waste in Japan, is so elegant and the value immediately realized, that I think they ought to be a household name here, and they are on their way.\n\nTo give their plastic bags and accessories a signature look, they press together several layers of umbrella plastic creating a “glass rain” effect. \n\nIf you’re interested in tasteful fashionable clutches, shoulder bags, etc., you should stop by at [one of the locations where their bags are sold](https://plasticity.co.jp/pages/limitedstore).\n\n[Irregular Rhythm Asylum](http://ira.tokyo/)\n\n![Irregular Rhythm Asylum - 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSgbrGFxiRRbGoo2d8qMFkR6xLqqywnfuqVSXceFa4UMc/Irregular%20Rhythm%20Asylum%20-%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Businesses.PNG)\n\nIrregular Rhythm Asylum - Tokyo - 東京\nNow, this one is a real gem. For those of you who have any leftist radical streaks in your bones, Irregular Rhythm Asylum is an anarchist/leftist infoshop [located in a 2nd-floor](https://xn--160-0022%20tokyo%2C%20shinjuku%20city%2C%20shinjuku%2C%201%20chome3012%20-ch33cca8243ymijiwczgvxfutzwpwk41b/) space north of Shinjuku Gyoenmae station. I did my fair share of resisting destructive global development projects, the disenfranchisement of indigenous peoples, and generally speaking out against systemic injustice and exploitation in the US when I was younger. Knowing where an infoshop is in any city is part of how I feel at home in a place.\n\nSo I was absolutely delighted to know this place. It is a bit like a club of people “in the know”, not a store so much that you just go and shop (although you can do that). So if you want to visit, I suggest you bring an open mind and a dose of respect and humility with you. Once in, there isn’t just the bookstore, you may also have a chance to get involved with an art project or some other creative endeavor.\n\n[Natural House](http://www.naturalhouse.jp/)\n\n![Natural House - 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaZXeMPBkdtDXShaTeWycZ8v3ZJUTreuEJGwB6oitZ9fK/Natural%20House%20-%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Businesses.PNG)\n\nNatural House - Tokyo - 東京\nReturning again to the topic of my time working in fashion, when I first moved to Japan in 2012, I went to work every day in the Harajuku and Omotesando areas. At that time, back in 2011, having moved to Japan from Los Angeles, I had a certain expectation for finding a natural food store somewhere in a giant city like Tokyo. Fortunately for me, right around the corner from Omotesando station is one of Tokyo’s most well-established health food stores, NaturalHouse.\n\nI always think things like packaging can be less plastic, but if you are looking for healthy, wholesome foods, organic produce, hand-made delicious macrobiotic snacks or eco-detergents, supplements, and the like, you have to enjoy the offerings at this oasis in a desert of delicious, but meat-obsessed Japanese food.\n\nYou can even have a buffet lunch there, and on top of that, you can sit in a cozy environment and eat it there, complete with dessert if you’d like. \n\n[Nozomi Project](https://nozomiproject.com/)\n\n![Nozomi Project - 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRYDtJzJkQ7jdTQ5HCt5n5wfr7i3gCx8sb6LUsdM4fJzv/Nozomi%20Project%20-%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Businesses.PNG)\n\nNozomi Project - Tokyo - 東京 - 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses\nAnother highly refined upcycling brand, Nozomi Project again hits the bullseye. Like Plasticity, they have identified an abundant waste resource that has high aesthetic and functional potential, in this case, old ceramics.\n\nNozomi Project jewelry is tasteful, the shapes they isolate from the raw material of the ceramic they have sourced are well-placed, as is the execution of the settings that mount these traditional pieces of ceramic on and in the contemporary context of the people who adorn their bodies with these objects.\n\nMy only concern is that one day, there won’t be enough traditional ceramicists to support upcycling businesses like these. As fun as it is to innovate on top of tradition, and it is a high value culturally to preserve tradition in new forms, it is always important to continue to support and purchase traditional Japanese craft to keep it and the people who make it alive and thriving.\n\n[Sustainable Living Tokyo](https://www.sustainablelivingtokyo.com/)\n\n![Sustainable Living Tokyo 10 Sustainable Eco-Businesses.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSvK4FpgLdBLeTZZaPrgYpq2AZwBdQEWW9pTyYzi1nkR4/Sustainable%20Living%20Tokyo%2010%20Sustainable%20Eco-Businesses.PNG)\n\nSustainable Living Tokyo - Tokyo - 東京\nFor true cultural shifts to happen when it comes to our daily habits and activities, it is not enough to offer eco and sustainable products in the marketplace. What is required first is to attract people to the idea of positive and sustainable reform. \n\nSustainable Living Tokyo’s goal is to educate people about the many benefits of living sustainably, both materially and spiritually, and then to provide a pathway to source sustainable products as well. I am a fan of the direction this organization is taking and look forward to seeing where and how it evolves in the future. \n\nFor now, their primary offering, I believe, is group sustainability coaching/training and their online shop, as of January 2022, is in the works. Look out for them.\n\nTokyo, as a large city, puts space between\nThe abundance of sustainable eco-businesses in Tokyo is many and is always increasing. The difficulty is there is no village or district that embodies these values expressed through product offerings like the ones featured here.\n\nSo it becomes important to find a great variety of ways to bring lots of small independent projects like these together. Events and symposia are great ways to do this, expos another, and with our lives on the internet being firmly established now, online communities are important too. Support4Good is yet another expression of this impulse to reach out and bring together community. \n\nHappy sustainable shopping!",
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      "body": "https://support4good.com/blog/new-business-funding-3-contrasting-routes/\n\n\nThe Path to New Business Funding: 3 Contrasting Routes\nFacebook\n Twitter\n Youtube\nPrelude to Starting in Business on My Own\nBack in 2015, several life-altering circumstances came into alignment and led me on a journey of exploration, filled with the resolve to create a real business. I looked forward to moving on from being merely ‘self-employed’ for the first time in my life. New business funding is something I didn’t consider until later.\n\nSince that pivotal decision, I have made inroads into plenty of different business models, and have sold both products and services to a variety of customers. \n\nI’ve had a few different partnerships and experienced a couple of distinctly different approaches to raising funds in the critical early phases of getting businesses from the tarmac to soaring high up in the clouds.\n\nLearning from What Ails You\nAs a natural freelancer, I landed creative gigs mostly from the early 2000s up until my daughter was born in 2009.  Her birth was sobering.  \n\nAt that moment, with the strong undertow of parental duty and money pressure pulling at every fiber of me, I decided to take a corporate job for the first time in my life. My entry point was fashion (I was surprised at myself) as part of the global expansion team for one of the largest family owned fast fashion brands in the world.\n\nI learned a lot from being a part of a big, fast-moving company obsessed with growth. But as all this was informative, I realized that having been independent for so long, the confines of corporate bureaucracy stifled me.   \n\nI saw horizons I couldn’t chase and encountered limits that stood in the way of my success. In retrospect I’m extremely grateful for all the experiences I’ve had in my career, varied as it has been. It is what made it possible for me to chart my course as I have done, for better or for worse.\n\nLeaving the safety of a corporate job, I began my journey, and funding for my projects was critical.\n\nAre there many more ways to access funding for a business? Sure. There are others, but today I want to focus on just three of them…\n\nNew Business Funding method number one: the bootstrap approach\n\nAfter leaving my job in 2015, the first goal I had was to be with my family more. My daughter was only 5 years old at the time and I worried that I missed too many precious moments in those early years. In an effort to make up for that, I decided on being at home and building a small family business that my wife and I could enjoy together. \n\nWith the bank topped off with several years of savings, I was convinced I had enough personal resources to let me bootstrap a little business experiment. In my mind, the whole thing was low stakes.  It was decided, the first internet business would be a learning experience. Learning trumped business goals, and unsurprisingly, it didn’t succeed (there’s a lesson there).  \n\nThe important lesson was that the conditions for that business to succeed weren’t right and I couldn’t overcome the obstacle easily. I spent maybe $400 on the project and earned back 75% of it. Fine. I went to business school for $100 on that one. Take it as a learning experience. It was an e-commerce play in natural products for health and I learned something…\n\nWhat businesses work best with this type of approach?\nE-commerce businesses are a great fit for bootstrapping, especially if your products are a low-cost investment (think low MOQ and drop-shipping). Small cottage industries and small home businesses are great, cheap businesses to start. If you make your own product, it could be even better.  \n Non-e-com, low-cost physical product businesses. While it seems like everything has to exist online right now, and in a way it should, if you have a non-digital path to connect to your local community, you can sell a physical product or products that you make or source on your own. This is a great starter business model, giving you easy access to the whole experience of running a business, and taking advantage of an available local economy.\n Service businesses. One fantastic thing about offering and selling services is there’s no inventory to purchase, nothing other than the cost of educating yourself and building your offer, possibly a few essential management tools, tools for analysis, and so on. By providing a service or coaching or anything to educate an audience of people willing to pay for what you have to offer, you can start with very little upfront investment.\nPrev\nPREVIOUS\nWhat I Put in My Natural Nootropics Stack\nNew Business Funding method number two: the friends and family\nPart of my story, and if you’ve ever read any of the blog posts I may have mentioned in the past, is that I live in a foreign country.  \n\nI’m from the United States but I live in Japan. I had just jumped off of my secure job in fashion and into a world of fending for myself in a foreign land, and I didn’t have the same advantages navigating Japan’s marketplace that I would’ve had in the US.   \n\nWhen I encountered setbacks in my big plans of making a remote business work, I did what lots of people do, which is to reach out to friends and family for support.   \n\nI’m not just talking financial support, I also needed emotional support, and I discovered I had an untapped resource; friends and family are a perfect starter audience for early-stage business endeavors, helping you to build your courage up to be who you are becoming. \n\nYour people are an audience where you can initially test your products or services without being embarrassed or ashamed.   \n\nBilly Bashful\nTweet\nFriends and family are like a pool of people to offer discounts, to try out different marketing methods, and to study what motivates people. We have family and we have friends for a reason. Don’t use them, but include them in your journey and maybe you will inspire someone to either join you or to support you in unexpected ways.\n\nWhat businesses work best with this type of approach?\nEverybody. Every type of business can can use the support of friends and family to a larger or smaller extent. They love you and care about you. Include them whenever possible, even if they don’t understand what you’re doing. Just be strong in the face of your aunt, negative Nancy.\nNew Business Funding method number 3: the startup investment path\nAfter about 6 months of operating the health product e-com brand, ApuforLife, then as an SEM and marketing service for solar installers called Solarboom Agency, I finally coalesced my efforts on the business that I thought had the most potential to affect positive change, Support4Good, and combined my knowledge, products, and services into one platform but in doing so, I reached a difficult place.   \n\nProviding services and customer support in the United States while living in Japan for several years was not easy, and I had worked my tail off trying to make it work. It hadn’t been unsuccessful; I had annual clients and contracts worth less than $100,000. I found myself alone in the home office too much though, physically and psychologically I felt disconnected from the people I served. I needed a change.   \n\nI was stuck because I didn’t know how to come up with the money I needed to grow my business, and build the core of Support4Good, a web app to help nonprofits and businesses support each other. \n\nThat’s when I met my current business partner and together we started another business, Dream Drive, a camper van conversion and rental company based in Tokyo. My partner had a wealth of knowledge and skills that complemented my own, plus he had connections in finance, business executives, and the Tokyo startup world. In this new business, and for the first time, I was able to learn about how to raise money effectively.  \n\nAs a philanthropic oriented business operator by myself, I was not somebody who naturally thought about bringing 10X or 100X returns to potential investment partners.   I was too focused on doing the right thing to see the opportunity I was missing by wooing potential investors.\n\nIn the context of Dream Drive, I was able to approach fundraising in that way for the first time.   \n\nThe idea in approaching advisors, angel investors, VCs and CVCs, and it’s similar to grant writing for nonprofits in a sense, is the now-classic Shark Tank scenario: you have a business idea, a minimum viable product, and a pitch. \n\n\nvia GIPHY\n\nWith that MVP and that pitch, you go out to investors to sell your idea. Friends and family can and should be a part of this but it is necessary to constantly widen the net to reach investors at different levels who may be interested in getting a piece of a promising company or idea that they hope to earn a future return on their investment. \n\nWhat businesses work best with this type of approach?\nCapital intensive businesses that need funds to achieve sustainability. In our case, we are converting vans into camper vans and renting them out for people seeking to explore Japan more deeply. In the beginning, we first needed to acquire vans and building materials as well as hire a few team members to do the work.  \n Tech and Sass businesses. These types of businesses often don’t see returns or profits for years. Even so, investors are willing to put their money into these types of companies because they can be exponentially scalable and even though there are more losses than wins, when there is a win, the payoffs can be huge.\n Any business that is nationally or globally scalable.\n Note:  investors love 10x and 100x returns but of course nobody can guarantee any of this. The path forward is to be able to model this future success convincingly, a task that sounds easier to do than it is. You will need important market data and analysis, financial modeling, and some degree of traction in the form of customer volume before you will ever perk up the years of the big investors. Even angel investors need a solid plan before showing much interest.\nThere you have it: three clear paths to funding a new business.\nThe stronger and more resilient your business model is, the more likely you’ll be able to get a hold of larger investment. And it is important to remember that lifestyle businesses don’t always need that larger investment. \n\nThe most important thing to figure out is what you want to achieve 1 year,5 years, and 10 years down the line with your business and adjust your fundraising plan to support this objective.\n\nEvery business, old or new will need additional funding at different stages of growth. 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      "body": "<center>https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack.jpg</center> <br/><h1>What I Put In My Natural Nootropics Stack</h1>\r\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/home?status=https%3A//support4good.com/blog/what-i-put-in-my-natural-nootropics-stack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> </a>\r\n<h2>A Natural Nootropics Stack For Every Do-Gooder?</h2>\r\n<img title=\"\" src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-8.09.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br/>\r\n\r\nSo today I want to talk about something a little different, something I don’t usually talk about at Support4Good and that is: which nootropics I use to increase my performance,  sharpen my focus and increase my energy when I feel I need to have an extra edge.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Starting a social innovation business or any business for that matter can feel like an exercise in swimming upstream.  </em></strong>\r\n\r\nLike the majestic salmon, businesses, small NGOs and especially organizations who are trying to do good will likely experience significant resistance, not only from other businesses, from friends and family from your community but even from yourself, basically anywhere and everywhere!\r\n\r\nIn trying times when you’re putting it all on the line, you can’t afford to underperform.\r\n<h2>When A Natural Nootropics Might Help Your Mind Perform Better?</h2>\r\n<img title=\"\" src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-8.09.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br/>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>You're pitching your business to people who might need your product or service</li>\r\n <li>You're seeking funding for your project and going to talk to an investor</li>\r\n <li>You're doing research and you need to process a lot of information accurately and quickly</li>\r\n <li>You're pushing through a round of candidates to join your nonprofit and you're not a talker</li>\r\n <li>You're just trying to review your finances and you feel like Sisyphus rolling a boulder up the hill that never ends</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSide note\r\nI'm working with a team of people who are all younger than me. In a situation like this, you want to stay sharp and crisp. A reliable natural nootropic stack can help and is a great reason to use nootropics.\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>Now, a little transparency.</b>  The supplements that I will tell you about are the actual ones that I use myself. I'm not endorsing any brands officially, but I will put an affiliate link to the supplements that I use. I encourage you to shop around. The ones I’m sharing here are the ones I choose, but you may like something else.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">All I know is that this particular stack works well for me and may or may not work well for you. It might be too strong or not strong enough and the dosages I take might need to be adjusted to fit your constitution.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Okay, so let's get into it.</h2>\r\n<img title=\"\" src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-8.09.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br/>\r\n\r\nFirst, I’ll give you the whole list and then I will go into  a little bit of detail about each of the supplements. I am not a health and wellness expert, so I’ll only go into a level of depth in explaining them to you that I feel comfortable doing and will try to pepper disclaimers throughout, constraining my commentary to information you could easily Google yourself.\r\n\r\nRemember, we all build our narratives based on personal experience and the information we have on hand.  I hope in the end you’ll gain some helpful understanding of what each supplement does.\r\n<blockquote>Finally, the magic of the stack is that they all work together, <i>synergistically</i>.\n</blockquote>\r\n<h2>My Natural Nootropics Stack: (taken 3 to 4 times per week in the morning)</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-1024x768.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-300x225.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-768x576.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack.jpg 1067w\" alt=\"natural nootropics stack\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I'm physiologically male so I take a men's multivitamin- multivitamins vary, but I take</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EX827I/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003EX827I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;linkId=d0975539564714537f14163735430e8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOW Foods Adam Men's Multiple Vitamin - (1 softgel)</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>And my non-synthetic, natural nootropics stack is:</b></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OQEHU/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0013OQEHU&amp;linkId=57c7a08e4e0f4cf403ee5ec1e232db9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrow Formulas Alpha GPC, 300mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000158GW8/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000158GW8&amp;linkId=7c394a42b32549d07d82d29d677467ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mushroom Wisdom Super Lion's Mane, 2200mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GQV9YX6/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00GQV9YX6&amp;linkId=54763c569497fac9a9aa75e3350cf6d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOW Foods double-strength L-Theanine, 200 mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00016AO6S/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00016AO6S&amp;linkId=f82bb5a39d273068603dc9ff5d8f57e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source Naturals N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, 300mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JRHLRA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B004JRHLRA&amp;linkId=e4ed9f8a113731d7695fc5dc1373bea4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MRM Acetyl-L-Carnitine, 500mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006NZPGA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0006NZPGA&amp;linkId=8c800d53cad3ceb671a71aa50f50456b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Himalayas Bacopa, 1000mg</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 300;\">What do all these supplements do and how do they work together?</h3>\r\n<h2>The Multivitamin</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-300x296.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-300x296.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-768x758.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-1024x1010.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel.jpg 936w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" /><br/>\r\n<h3><b>What’s the role of the multivitamin?</b></h3>\r\nTo my mind, as a simple consumer, a multivitamin like\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EX827I/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003EX827I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;linkId=d0975539564714537f14163735430e8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EX827I/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003EX827I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;linkId=d0975539564714537f14163735430e8c\">NOW Foods Adam Men’s Multiple Vitamin – (1 softgel)</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\ntaken several times per week allows me to cover the bases in case I haven’t eaten the best diet, and to be honest sometimes I haven’t.  There are a plethora of nutrients, minerals, and vitamins that are vital to optimal health.\r\n\r\nSome of them are abundant in the food we eat, our bodies produce some of them internally, and for others, we can look to vitamins to ensure a solid supply of these vital nutrients.\r\n\r\nYou wouldn’t drive your car without oil in the engine and similarly, you couldn’t function without sufficient iron.\r\n\r\nEven though a healthy diet supplies the majority of vitamins and minerals I need, I do like to supplement at least a minimum of one to two times per week and no more than four times per week. This is just what I do to ensure I get what I need.  It doesn’t make it right for everyone.\r\n<h2>Alpha GPC</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-285x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-285x300.jpg 285w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-768x810.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-971x1024.jpg 971w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc.jpg 924w\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" /><br/>\r\n\r\nLet me just say for the rest of this  article that while I am not an expert on the science, I am well within my depth concerning my personal experience with this <i>natural nootropic stack</i> (IMHO the BEST nootropic stack).\r\n\r\n<b>L-Alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine</b> is a compound that already exists in our brains and one of its chief functions is to help deliver choline to the brain.   Its unique talent is to transfer choline across the blood-brain barrier so as a supplement it enables and accelerates the transfer of choline cross the blood-brain barrier.\r\n\r\nSo I guess the next question is:  <b><i>why is it important to transfer Choline cross the blood-brain barrier?</i></b>\r\n\r\nWhy does the brain need choline? That’s an easy one because choline produces acetylcholine- the body needs choline (it's actually a precursor of acetylcholine) for the production of acetylcholine and Alpha GPC.\r\n\r\n<b><i> why does the brain need acetylcholine then?</i></b>\r\n\r\nOk, The crux of the matter.   According to this article at <a href=\"https://study.com/academy/lesson/acetylcholine-definition-function-deficiency-symptoms.html\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://study.com/academy/lesson/acetylcholine-definition-function-deficiency-symptoms.html\">https://study.com/academy/lesson/acetylcholine-definition-function-deficiency-symptoms.html</a> <a href=\"http://study.com/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http://study.com/\">study.com</a>, acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter which is essentially like a mailman who both picks up the mail and delivers it to its recipient. Acetylcholine enables muscle function and all of this taken together regulates the endocrine system and more to the point, that the use of alpha GPC in clinical studies has shown promise in the treatment of Alzheimer’s, memory loss and dementia.\r\n\r\nBottom-line:  <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OQEHU/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0013OQEHU&amp;linkId=57c7a08e4e0f4cf403ee5ec1e232db9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OQEHU/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0013OQEHU&amp;linkId=57c7a08e4e0f4cf403ee5ec1e232db9b\">Alpha GPC</a>, enables the neurotransmitter acetylcholine to move all of our other nootropics stack supplements across the blood-brain barrier allowing them to quickly have their collective effect.\r\n<h2>Lion’s Mane</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-300x276.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-300x276.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-768x705.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-1024x940.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane.jpg 1006w\" alt=\"Lion's Mane - Natural Nootropics Stack\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" /><br/>\r\n\r\nI didn’t introduce lion’s mane into my natural nootropic stack until the third iteration, the current one, the one I’m happy enough with to write about now.\r\n\r\nLion’s mane just feels good.  <a href=\"http://healthline.com/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http://healthline.com/\">Healthline.com</a> says,\r\n\r\n“Research has found that<strong> </strong><strong><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000158GW8/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000158GW8&amp;linkId=7c394a42b32549d07d82d29d677467ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000158GW8/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000158GW8&amp;linkId=7c394a42b32549d07d82d29d677467ba\">lion’s mane</a></strong> may protect against dementia, reduce mild symptoms of anxiety and depression and help repair nerve damage.”\r\n\r\nAnd it benefits the proliferation of healthy bacteria in the intestines and gives an immune system boost to boot.\r\n\r\nPart of my testing and experimentation with a nootropic stack has included changes I’ve made in response to the feedback my body has given me.  Earlier combinations felt too harsh or too jittery. I’ve even had mild palpitations as a result of a misaligned stack so always be careful if you test any combination of supplements, even over-the-counter ones that are legal everywhere in the world.\r\n\r\nFor me, when I added lion’s mane to the mix it’s stabilized some of the negative side effects I was experiencing before adding it.   There’s another ingredient or two that help with this, but lion’s mane just feels good to me.\r\n<h2>L-Theanine</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-300x295.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-300x295.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-768x754.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine.jpg 941w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" /><br/>\r\n\r\nIt’s green tea guys! What could be more healthy and innocuous then green tea?\r\n\r\nHonestly.  This one is proven to be a stress reliever, and we all know how we need to relieve stress. If you show me someone without stress I’ll show you an alien.\r\n\r\nRecent research has shown that  glutamate, an agitating neurotransmitter, can be bound to its “docking bay” known as a receptor by our hero<strong> <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GQV9YX6/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00GQV9YX6&amp;linkId=54763c569497fac9a9aa75e3350cf6d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GQV9YX6/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00GQV9YX6&amp;linkId=54763c569497fac9a9aa75e3350cf6d0\">l-theanine</a></strong>.  In addition to what l-theanine does with glutamate, it has been shown to do with a host of other bodily functions that need “the chill pill”.   l-theanine walks into the room and everybody just relaxes. it’s cool man.\r\n\r\nA sticking point with l-theanine is that you can’t get enough of it by drinking green tea alone unless that’s all you do and that wouldn’t be healthy.   So in this case, to get the nootropic effect from l-theanine it’s necessary to take it in a more concentrated form which is in the form of a supplement.   In my case, I take one 200 mg capsule of NOW Foods double-strength l-theanine.\r\n<h2>N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-300x290.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-300x290.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-768x741.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-1024x988.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine.jpg 958w\" alt=\"Edit Column N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine - Natural Nootropics Stack\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00016AO6S/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00016AO6S&amp;linkId=f82bb5a39d273068603dc9ff5d8f57e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00016AO6S/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00016AO6S&amp;linkId=f82bb5a39d273068603dc9ff5d8f57e1\">Acetyl-l-tyrosine</a></strong> is a more water-soluble version or form of the compound l-tyrosine. I take N-Acetyl-l-tyrosine as opposed to L-Tyrosine because somebody sold me on the idea of having a more water-soluble and more easily absorbed form of tyrosine,  but there is some debate, all non-conclusive, but…</p>\r\nI don’t have a proverbial horse in the race so let’s look a bit at what l-tyrosine does and refer to an article or two to get some perspective on the difference between acetyl l-tyrosine and l-tyrosine.\r\n\r\nL-tyrosine can elevate the levels of dopamine, adrenaline, and norepinephrine.  What this does is increases performance in stressful situations and aids in the performance of tasks and thoughts related to memory.\r\n\r\nL-tyrosine is produced by the body so we already have it and it’s already doing what it does.   Thanks to good old science we’ve recognized its value and with a well-calibrated nootropic stack, we can get ourselves some more of it and use the chemistry of our body to our advantage.\r\n\r\n<b>Could straight l-tyrosine be the better supplement?</b>\r\n\r\nI read this article with citations <a href=\"https://www.prbreaker.com/blogs/news/tyrosine-vs-n-acetyl-tyrosine-are-companies-using-the-inferior-form\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.prbreaker.com/blogs/news/tyrosine-vs-n-acetyl-tyrosine-are-companies-using-the-inferior-form\">https://www.prbreaker.com/blogs/news/tyrosine-vs-n-acetyl-tyrosine-are-companies-using-the-inferior-form</a> and if I am to believe their conclusions, I would have to agree.  Among the evidence in this article is that acetyl-l-tyrosine performed worse then l-tyrosine particularly in the areas that its role had originally been justified;  crossing of the blood-brain barrier and successful absorption.\r\n\r\nI’ll be coming back to this article later after testing l-tyrosine against in acetyl-l-tyrosine to offer my experiential feedback.\r\n<h2>Acetyl-L-Carnatine</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-300x297.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-300x297.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-150x150.jpg 150w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-768x761.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine.jpg 933w\" alt=\"Acetyl L-Carnatine - Natural Nootropics Stack\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" /><br/>\r\n\r\n<section data-id=\"75c979f\" data-element_type=\"section\">You know those little guys,  the independent little organisms that live in our brains?\r\n\r\nNo, not the voices in your head, I’m talking about mitochondria y’all! Let’s be clear,  mitochondria are actually symbionts,  meaning they are symbiotically living with us but they are no longer independent.\r\n\r\nNow I could track that back and flesh that out a little more but I might get a little woowoo so…\r\n\r\nWe call mitochondria organelles now, but that’s the third wave feminism on that tip.   On second thought I can’t resist exploring this further or at least giving you path to go explore further on your own so check out this article , and here’s one person’s comment from that article <a href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive\">https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive</a>:\r\n\r\n“The definition is a matter of philosophy and not everybody agree. And typically “can it live by itself?” would be a pretty misleading question given that it would exclude all parasite from the realm of living things. If you push the concept of ecological interdependence a little further it would even yield any living individual to be excluded from the realm of living things. A wolf for example is not a living thing just because it depends on its preys and on the plant that is producing its oxygen (and other species with which it has a relationship).”– <a href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/4108/remi-b\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/4108/remi-b\">Remi.b</a> <a href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive#comment66136_39476\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive#comment66136_39476\">Oct 11 ’15 at 20:05</a>\r\n\r\nAnyway,  mitochondria produce energy, they are energy factories and acetyl-l-carnitine boosts those little puppies.  In short, acetyl-l-carnitine is a performance-enhancing supplement with a positive impact on enabling quicker recovery times.   You may not be an athlete, but everyone exerts themselves physically and mentally and all of that puts physical stresses and demands on the body, some of which can benefit from an unfair advantage and be mitigated by the use of <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JRHLRA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B004JRHLRA&amp;linkId=e4ed9f8a113731d7695fc5dc1373bea4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JRHLRA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B004JRHLRA&amp;linkId=e4ed9f8a113731d7695fc5dc1373bea4\"><strong>acetyl-l-carnitine</strong></a>, an essential member of this nootropic stack.\r\n\r\n</section>\r\n<h2>Bacopa</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-295x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-295x300.jpg 295w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-768x780.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-1008x1024.jpg 1008w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa.jpg 924w\" alt=\"bacopa - natural nootropics stack\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" /><br/>\r\n\r\n<section data-id=\"5f3650a\" data-element_type=\"section\">Lastly,  let’s talk about <strong><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006NZPGA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0006NZPGA&amp;linkId=8c800d53cad3ceb671a71aa50f50456b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006NZPGA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0006NZPGA&amp;linkId=8c800d53cad3ceb671a71aa50f50456b\">bacopa</a> </strong>and I don’t want to talk bad about it, but it is the supplement that I have the most love hate relationship with.\r\n\r\nWhy? Because for me, it’s the opposite of lion’s mane: it does not make me feel good. Instead, it’s side effects grind on me and dries me up. It feels harsh and difficult to digest…  but it clearly contributes to the nootropics stack that I’ve used now for a long time with very clear results.\r\n\r\nA quick anecdotal story:  I was in India many years ago traveling alone sick with a stomach full of giardia and (the other thing that everybody complains about an India that I can’t remember right now) dysentery.   I went to several conventional pharmacist/doctors and they gave me the equivalent of an atom bomb for my stomach that made me feel like I was bleeding inside.\r\n\r\nIn other words, what they did didn’t help.  Finally, in desperation, I went to an Ayurvedic doctor in Varanasi and he gave me a concoction that within two days removed the illness that had plagued me for almost a month and had taken 50 of my precious pounds off of my body.\r\n\r\nBacopa is an ayurvedic herb that has been used for who-knows-how-long how long…  a long time. It is used today for the same things that it has been used for in the past:  to enhance memory. And it is being applied to our contemporary illnesses such as ADHD and Alzheimer’s  with clinical success.\r\n\r\nSide effects can include nausea, stomach aches, diarrhea and that sort of thing and I think I’ve experienced some of those.   As a matter of fact, I think bacopa is the ingredient that prevents me from taking my nootropic stack more regularly.\r\n\r\nI find it’s too harsh to take 5 days a week and that I’m usually maxed out after three or four days so I listen to my body and have made that adjustment.   While it may sound like a limitation, I’m actually thankful that the inclusion of bacopa in my <i>natural nootropics stack</i> builds a moderating and countervailing force into my regiment that prevents me from relying too heavily on the use of these supplements.\r\n\r\n</section>\r\n<h2>What are the effects I experience with this natural nootropic stack?</h2>\r\nI usually take supplements with a cup of coffee after drinking some water and having breakfast in the morning.   Other times I take them before breakfast and it really depends on the time in between when I take the supplements and when I’m ready to leave my house to begin my day because I feel a heightened level of focus hit me,  usually on my way to work and I like to keep the less focused, softer side of my personality pliable when saying goodbyes to my wife and daughter.\r\n\r\nWhat usually happens with me as I go about my morning commute, it’s almost as if there’s a self-realization of focus that can even be slightly exhilarating somewhere around 45 minutes after I take this natural nootropic medley.\r\n\r\nFrom this point forward with this particular stack I find it works best for me to do work that I can really get deeply involved in.   Meetings, conferences and conversations are fine as well but <i>there is</i> a bit of an edge that I believe comes across slightly sharper than normal, so my favorite tasks are either design or research oriented things that I can work on without a lot of interruptions.\r\n\r\nOn these days when I use the supplement I can count on having more energy and winding down from my day later than on days when I don’t supplement.  Usually I’m buoyant and ready to continue solving problems related to my business from morning until the evening and that’s pretty normal generally but it’s definitely enhanced when I use a natural nootropic stack.\r\n\r\nWhat I talked about so far are performance enhancements, and particularly with regard to energy and endurance I can enjoy a clear improvement.  The parts that’s less difficult to observe on a day-to-day basis are the long-term benefits of using some of these supplements. A number of them have shown very positive results for Alzheimers and dementia patients,  and in counteracting the general degradation of memory as one ages. For these potential benefits alone I plan to continue using nootropic supplements for a long time as an insurance on the longevity of my mental capacities.\r\n\r\n<strong>So there you have it.  </strong>\r\n\r\nAs I’m sure I’ve said before, I’m not a doctor and I am not recommending you do anything.   Take no action based on this article unless you assume the full responsibility of your actions on your own.\r\n\r\nIf you do want to explore these supplements, there are two things I do when I’m experimenting with something whether it be a supplement or a new yoga posture or some other random thing I think of right now.\r\n<ol>\r\n <li><em>I always go slowly at first to make sure that I don’t make any mistakes and to carefully observe and learn from what’s happening and then</em></li>\r\n <li><em>I slowly increase speed and sophistication of the activity until I feel that the Optimal Performance has been achieved  and at that point I usually stop. </em></li>\r\n</ol>\r\nEach of us have a point where we know we need to stop in any endeavor or activity so know yourself,  and maybe with the help of a natural nootropic stack like this, know yourself better. <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://support4good.com/blog/my-natural-nootropics-stack/ </em><hr/></center> ",
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      "body": "<h1>What I Put In My Natural Nootropics Stack</h1>\r\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/home?status=https%3A//support4good.com/blog/what-i-put-in-my-natural-nootropics-stack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> </a>\r\n<h2>A Natural Nootropics Stack For Every Do-Gooder?</h2>\r\n<img title=\"\" src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-8.09.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">So today I want to talk about something a little different, something I don't usually talk about at Support4Good and that is: which nootropics I use to increase my performance,  sharpen my focus and increase my energy when I feel I need to have an extra edge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em>Starting a social innovation business or any business for that matter can feel like an exercise in swimming upstream.  </em></strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Like the majestic salmon, businesses, small NGOs and especially organizations who are trying to do good will likely experience significant resistance, not only from other businesses, from friends and family from your community but even from yourself, basically anywhere and everywhere!</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In trying times when you're putting it all on the line, you can't afford to underperform.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>When Nootropics Might Help Your Mind Perform Better?</h2>\r\n<img title=\"\" src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-8.09.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br/>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>You're pitching your business to people who might need your product or service</li>\r\n <li>You're seeking funding for your project and going to talk to an investor</li>\r\n <li>You're doing research and you need to process a lot of information accurately and quickly</li>\r\n <li>You're pushing through a round of candidates to join your nonprofit and you're not a talker</li>\r\n <li>You're just trying to review your finances and you feel like Sisyphus rolling a boulder up the hill that never ends</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nSide note\r\nI'm working with a team of people who are all younger than me. In a situation like this, you want to stay sharp and crisp. A reliable natural nootropic stack can help and is a great reason to use nootropics.\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>Now, a little transparency.</b>  The supplements that I will tell you about are the actual ones that I use myself. I'm not endorsing any brands officially, but I will put an affiliate link to the supplements that I use. I encourage you to shop around. The ones I’m sharing here are the ones I choose, but you may like something else.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">All I know is that this particular stack works well for me and may or may not work well for you. It might be too strong or not strong enough and the dosages I take might need to be adjusted to fit your constitution.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Okay, so let's get into it.</h2>\r\n<img title=\"\" src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-8.09.13-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">First, I'll give you the whole list and then I will go into  a little bit of detail about each of the supplements. <strong>I am not a health and wellness expert,</strong> so I'll only go into a level of depth in explaining them to you that I feel comfortable doing and will try to pepper disclaimers throughout, constraining my commentary to information you could easily Google yourself.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Remember, we all build our narratives based on personal experience and the information we have on hand.  That being said, I hope in the end you’ll gain some helpful understanding of what each supplement does.</p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Finally, the magic of the stack is that they all work together, <b><i>synergistically</i></b>.</p>\r\n\n</blockquote>\r\n<h2>My Stack: (taken 3 to 4 times per week in the morning)</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-1024x768.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-300x225.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack-768x576.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/natural-nootropics-stack.jpg 1067w\" alt=\"natural nootropics stack\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I'm physiologically male so I take a men's multivitamin- multivitamins vary, but I take</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EX827I/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003EX827I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;linkId=d0975539564714537f14163735430e8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOW Foods Adam Men's Multiple Vitamin - (1 softgel)</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>And my nootropics stack is:</b></p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OQEHU/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0013OQEHU&amp;linkId=57c7a08e4e0f4cf403ee5ec1e232db9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrow Formulas Alpha GPC, 300mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000158GW8/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000158GW8&amp;linkId=7c394a42b32549d07d82d29d677467ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mushroom Wisdom Super Lion's Mane, 2200mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GQV9YX6/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00GQV9YX6&amp;linkId=54763c569497fac9a9aa75e3350cf6d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOW Foods double-strength L-Theanine, 200 mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00016AO6S/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00016AO6S&amp;linkId=f82bb5a39d273068603dc9ff5d8f57e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source Naturals N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine, 300mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JRHLRA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B004JRHLRA&amp;linkId=e4ed9f8a113731d7695fc5dc1373bea4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MRM Acetyl-L-Carnitine, 500mg</a></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006NZPGA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0006NZPGA&amp;linkId=8c800d53cad3ceb671a71aa50f50456b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Himalayas Bacopa, 1000mg</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>What do all these supplements do and how do they work together?</strong></h3>\r\n<h2>The Multivitamin</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-300x296.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-300x296.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-768x758.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel-1024x1010.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NOW-Foods-Adam-Mens-Multiple-Vitamin-1-softgel.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" /><br/>\r\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b style=\"font-size: 18px;\">What's the role of the multivitamin?</b></h3>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">To my mind, as a simple consumer, a multivitamin like</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n <li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EX827I/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003EX827I&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;linkId=d0975539564714537f14163735430e8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOW Foods Adam Men's Multiple Vitamin - (1 softgel)</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">taken several times per week allows me to cover the bases in case I haven't eaten the best diet, and to be honest sometimes I haven't.  There are a plethora of nutrients, minerals, and vitamins that are vital to optimal health.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Some of them are abundant in the food we eat, some of them are produced by our bodies internally, and for others, we can look to vitamins to ensure a solid supply of these vital nutrients.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">You wouldn't drive your car without oil in the engine and similarly, you couldn't function without sufficient iron.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Even though my needs are met primarily by the foods I eat, I do like to supplement at least a minimum of one to two times per week and no more than four times per week. This is just what I do to ensure I get what I need.  It doesn't make it right for everyone.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Alpha GPC</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-285x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-285x300.jpg 285w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-768x810.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc-971x1024.jpg 971w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/alpha-gpc.jpg 924w\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Let me just say for the rest of this  article I will be out of my depth on the science side of the presentation but I am well within my depth concerning the experiential learning I have acquired as a result of using this nootropic stack (IMHO the BEST nootropic stack).</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>L-Alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine</b> is a compound that already exists in our brains and one of its chief functions is to help deliver choline to the brain.   Its unique talent is to transfer choline across the blood-brain barrier so as a supplement it enables and accelerates the transfer of choline cross the blood-brain barrier.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">So I guess the next question is:  <b><i>why is it important to transfer Choline cross the blood-brain barrier?</i></b></p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Why does the brain need choline? that's an easy one because choline produces acetylcholine- more or less it is required for the production of acetylcholine and Alpha GPC, by the way, is also what is called a precursor of acetylcholine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b><i> why does the brain need acetylcholine then?</i></b></p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Ok, The crux of the matter.   According to this article at <a href=\"https://study.com/academy/lesson/acetylcholine-definition-function-deficiency-symptoms.html\">https://study.com/academy/lesson/acetylcholine-definition-function-deficiency-symptoms.html</a> <a href=\"http://study.com/\">study.com</a>, acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter which is essentially like a mailman who both picks up the mail and delivers it to its recipient. Acetylcholine enables muscle function and all of this taken together regulates the endocrine system and more to the point, that the use of alpha GPC in clinical studies has shown promise in the treatment of Alzheimer's, memory loss and dementia.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Bottom-line:  <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OQEHU/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0013OQEHU&amp;linkId=57c7a08e4e0f4cf403ee5ec1e232db9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alpha GPC</a>, enables the neurotransmitter acetylcholine to move all of our other nootropics stack supplements across the blood-brain barrier allowing them to quickly have their collective effect.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Lion’s Mane</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-300x276.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-300x276.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-768x705.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane-1024x940.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lions-Mane.jpg 1006w\" alt=\"Lion's Mane - Natural Nootropics Stack\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I didn't introduce lion's mane into my nootropic stack until the third iteration, the current one, the one I'm happy enough with to write about now.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Lion’s mane just feels good.  <a href=\"http://healthline.com/\">Healthline.com</a> says,</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">“Research has found that<strong> </strong><strong><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000158GW8/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000158GW8&amp;linkId=7c394a42b32549d07d82d29d677467ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lion's mane</a></strong> may protect against dementia, reduce mild symptoms of anxiety and depression and help repair nerve damage.”</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> And it benefits the proliferation of healthy bacteria in the intestines and gives an immune system boost to boot.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Part of my testing and experimentation with a nootropic stack has included changes I’ve made in response to the feedback my body has given me.  Earlier combinations felt too harsh or too jittery. I've even had mild palpitations as a result of a misaligned stack so always be careful if you test any combination of supplements, even over-the-counter ones that are legal everywhere in the world.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">For me, when I added lion's mane to the mix it's stabilized some of the negative side effects I was experiencing before adding it.   There’s another ingredient or two that help with this, but lion's mane just feels good to me.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>L-Theanine</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-300x295.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-300x295.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-768x754.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/l-theanine.jpg 941w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">It's green tea guys! What could be more healthy and innocuous then green tea?</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Honestly.  This one is proven to be a stress reliever, and we all know how we need to relieve stress. If you show me someone without stress I'll show you an alien.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Recent research has shown that  glutamate, an agitating neurotransmitter, can be bound to its “docking bay” known as a receptor by our hero<strong> <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GQV9YX6/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00GQV9YX6&amp;linkId=54763c569497fac9a9aa75e3350cf6d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">l-theanine</a></strong>.  In addition to what l-theanine does with glutamate, it has been shown to do with a host of other bodily functions that need “the chill pill”.   l-theanine walks into the room and everybody just relaxes. it's cool man.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">A sticking point with l-theanine is that you can’t get enough of it by drinking green tea alone unless that's all you do and that wouldn't be healthy.   So in this case, to get the nootropic effect from l-theanine it's necessary to take it in a more concentrated form which is in the form of a supplement.   In my case, I take one 200 mg capsule of NOW Foods double-strength l-theanine.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-300x290.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-300x290.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-768x741.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine-1024x988.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine.jpg 958w\" alt=\"Edit Column N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine - Natural Nootropics Stack\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00016AO6S/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00016AO6S&amp;linkId=f82bb5a39d273068603dc9ff5d8f57e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acetyl-l-tyrosine</a></strong> is a more water-soluble version or form of the compound l-tyrosine. I take N-Acetyl-l-tyrosine as opposed to L-Tyrosine because somebody sold me on the idea of having a more water-soluble and more easily absorbed form of tyrosine,  but there is some debate, all non-conclusive, but...</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I don't have a proverbial horse in the race so let's look a bit at what l-tyrosine does and refer to an article or two to get some perspective on the difference between acetyl l-tyrosine and l-tyrosine.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">L-tyrosine can elevate the levels of dopamine, adrenaline, and norepinephrine.  What this does is increases performance in stressful situations and aids in the performance of tasks and thoughts related to memory.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">L-tyrosine is produced by the body so we already have it and it's already doing what it does.   Thanks to good old science we've recognized its value and with a well-calibrated nootropic stack, we can get ourselves some more of it and use the chemistry of our body to our advantage.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><b>Could straight l-tyrosine be the better supplement?</b></p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I read this article with citations <a href=\"https://www.prbreaker.com/blogs/news/tyrosine-vs-n-acetyl-tyrosine-are-companies-using-the-inferior-form\">https://www.prbreaker.com/blogs/news/tyrosine-vs-n-acetyl-tyrosine-are-companies-using-the-inferior-form</a> and if I am to believe their conclusions, I would have to agree.  Among the evidence in this article is that acetyl-l-tyrosine performed worse then l-tyrosine particularly in the areas that its role had originally been justified;  crossing of the blood-brain barrier and successful absorption.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I'll be coming back to this article later after testing l-tyrosine against in acetyl-l-tyrosine to offer my experiential feedback.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Acetyl-L-Carnatine</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-300x297.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-300x297.jpg 300w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-150x150.jpg 150w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-768x761.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Acetyl-L-Carnatine.jpg 933w\" alt=\"Acetyl L-Carnatine - Natural Nootropics Stack\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">You know those little guys,  the independent little organisms that live in our brains?</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">No, not the voices in your head, I'm talking about mitochondria y'all! Let's be clear,  mitochondria are actually symbionts,  meaning they are symbiotically living with us but they are no longer independent.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Now I could track that back and flesh that out a little more but I might get a little woowoo so…</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">We call mitochondria organelles now, but that’s the third wave feminism on that tip.   On second thought I can't resist exploring this further or at least giving you path to go explore further on your own so check out this article , and here’s one person’s comment from that article <a href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive\">https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive</a>:</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">“The definition is a matter of philosophy and not everybody agree. And typically \"can it live by itself?\" would be a pretty misleading question given that it would exclude all parasite from the realm of living things. If you push the concept of ecological interdependence a little further it would even yield any living individual to be excluded from the realm of living things. A wolf for example is not a living thing just because it depends on its preys and on the plant that is producing its oxygen (and other species with which it has a relationship).”– <a href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/4108/remi-b\">Remi.b</a> <a href=\"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/39476/are-mitochondria-alive#comment66136_39476\">Oct 11 '15 at 20:05</a></p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Anyway,  mitochondria produce energy, they are energy factories and acetyl-l-carnitine boosts those little puppies.  In short, acetyl-l-carnitine is a performance-enhancing supplement with a positive impact on enabling quicker recovery times.   You may not be an athlete, but everyone exerts themselves physically and mentally and all of that puts physical stresses and demands on the body, some of which can benefit from an unfair advantage and be mitigated by the use of <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JRHLRA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B004JRHLRA&amp;linkId=e4ed9f8a113731d7695fc5dc1373bea4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>acetyl-l-carnitine</strong></a>, an essential member of this nootropic stack.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Bacopa</h2>\r\n<img src=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-295x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" srcset=\"https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-295x300.jpg 295w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-768x780.jpg 768w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa-1008x1024.jpg 1008w, https://support4good.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/bacopa.jpg 924w\" alt=\"bacopa - natural nootropics stack\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" /><br/>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Lastly,  let's talk about <strong><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006NZPGA/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=apufo-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0006NZPGA&amp;linkId=8c800d53cad3ceb671a71aa50f50456b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bacopa</a></strong> and I don't want to talk bad about it, but it is the supplement that I have the most love hate relationship with.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Why? Because for me, it's the opposite of lion's mane: it does not make me feel good. Instead, it’s side effects grind on me and dries me up. It feels harsh and difficult to digest…  but it clearly contributes to the nootropics stack that I've used now for a long time with very clear results.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">A quick anecdotal story:  I was in India many years ago traveling alone sick with a stomach full of giardia and (the other thing that everybody complains about an India that I can't remember right now) dysentery.   I went to several conventional pharmacist/doctors and they gave me the equivalent of an atom bomb for my stomach that made me feel like I was bleeding inside.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In other words, what they did didn't help.  Finally, in desperation, I went to an Ayurvedic doctor in Varanasi and he gave me a concoction that within two days removed the illness that had plagued me for almost a month and had taken 50 of my precious pounds off of my body.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Bacopa is an ayurvedic herb that has been used for who-knows-how-long how long…  a long time. It is used today for the same things that it has been used for in the past:  to enhance memory. And it is being applied to our contemporary illnesses such as ADHD and Alzheimer's  with clinical success.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Side effects can include nausea, stomach aches, diarrhea and that sort of thing and I think I've experienced some of those.   As a matter of fact, I think bacopa is the ingredient that prevents me from taking my nootropic stack more regularly.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I find it's too harsh to take 5 days a week and that I'm max out at four days and usually three days is the most I feel comfortable doing.   While it may sound like a limitation, I'm actually thankful that the inclusion of bacopa in my stack builds a moderating and countervailing force into my regiment that prevents me from relying too heavily on the use of these supplements.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2>What are the effects I experience with this  natural nootropic stack?</h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">I usually take supplements with a cup of coffee after drinking some water and having breakfast in the morning.   Other times I take them before breakfast and it really depends on the time in between when I take the supplements and when I'm ready to leave my house to begin my day because I feel a heightened level of focus hit me,  usually on my way to work and I like to keep the less focused, softer side of my personality pliable when saying goodbyes to my wife and daughter.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">What usually happens with me as I go about my morning commute, it's almost as if there's a self-realization of focus that can even be slightly exhilarating somewhere around 45 minutes after I take this natural nootropic medley.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">From this point forward with this particular stack I find it works best for me to do work that I can really get deeply involved in.   Meetings, conferences and conversations are fine as well but <i>there is</i> a bit of an edge that I believe comes across slightly sharper than normal, so my favorite tasks are either design or research oriented things that I can work on without a lot of interruptions.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">On these days when I use the supplement I can count on having more energy and winding down from my day later than on days when I don't supplement.  Usually I'm buoyant and ready to continue solving problems related to my business from morning until the evening and that's pretty normal generally but it's definitely enhanced when I use a natural nootropic stack.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">What I talked about so far are performance enhancements, and particularly with regard to energy and endurance I can enjoy a clear improvement.  The parts that's less difficult to observe on a day-to-day basis are the long-term benefits of using some of these supplements. A number of them have shown very positive results for Alzheimers and dementia patients,  and in counteracting the general degradation of memory as one ages. For these potential benefits alone I plan to continue using nootropic supplements for a long time as an insurance on the longevity of my mental capacities.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>So there you have it.  </strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">As I'm sure I've said before, I'm not a doctor and I am not recommending you do anything.   Take no action based on this article unless you assume the full responsibility of your actions on your own.</p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">That being said if you do want to explore these supplements, there are two things I do when I'm experimenting with something whether it be a supplement or a new yoga posture or some other random thing I think of right now.</p>\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I always go slowly at first to make sure that I don't make any mistakes and to carefully observe and learn from what's happening and then</em></li>\r\n <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I slowly increase speed and sophistication of the activity until I feel that the Optimal Performance has been achieved  and at that point I usually stop. </em></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Each of us have a point where we know we need to stop in any endeavor or activity so know yourself,  and maybe with the help of a natural nootropic stack like this, know yourself better.</p> <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://support4good.com/blog/my-natural-nootropics-stack/ </em><hr/></center> ",
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      "title": "The Simultaneity of Bernard Frize: Two Tokyo Exhibits",
      "body": "<center>https://andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bernard-Frize-Two-Tokyo-Exhibits.png</center> <br/><h2>What You Need to Know About This Exhibition</h2>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: .1;\"><strong>Venue 1 : <a href=\"https://www.perrotin.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perrotin Tokyo</a></strong></p>\r\n<strong>Venue 2 :  <a href=\"http://en.gallery-kaikaikiki.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kaikai Kiki Gallery</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Timeframe:  The exhibit runs from March 22 to May 8, 2018</strong>\r\n\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m28!1m12!1m3!1d6483.530915396129!2d139.72438899656711!3d35.65814982040989!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e2!4m5!1s0x60188b77e87fe2fd%3A0x8b29a679921c3b16!2zUEVSUk9USU4gVE9LWU8sIOODlOODqeODn-ODh-ODk-ODqzFGLCA2LWNoxY1tZS02LTkgUm9wcG9uZ2ksIE1pbmF0byBDaXR5LCBUxY1recWNLXRvIDEwNi0wMDMy!3m2!1d35.6619792!2d139.73146359999998!4m5!1s0x60188b7484604a85%3A0xe2f3ec44f9aa897e!2sTokyo%2C+Minato+City%2C+Motoazabu%2C+2+Chome%E2%88%923%E2%88%9230+Kaikai+Kiki+Gallery!3m2!1d35.6538403!2d139.7271254!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sjp!4v1557271894156!5m2!1sen!2sjp\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>The Artist:  <a href=\"http://www.bernardfrize.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bernard Frize</a></strong>. Born 1954 in Saint-Mandé, France\r\nLives in Paris and Berlin\r\n\r\nSee also: <em><a href=\"http://www.bernardfrize.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bernard Frize Website</a></em>\r\n<h3>Disclaimer:</h3>\r\n<em>I am not a professional critic and I am not attempting to fit into any mold here. I write what I want but try to give some background about the artist and when writing about my gallery visit, I bias toward visceral reactions.</em>\r\n\r\nOk, so Bernard Frize.  I don't know much about him. He's been awarded numerous honors including the <a href=\"https://www.adk.de/en/academy/prizes-foundations/kaethe-kollwitz-prize.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Käthe Kollwitz Prize</a> and has a retrospective coming up at <a href=\"https://www.centrepompidou.fr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centre Pompidou</a> in August, 2019.  He was born in 1954, he's a native Parisian and seems to be well-liked by the cultural gatekeepers there.  His work probably gained prominence, and I'm just taking a flippant guess, on the phase change side of the cultural heamorrhage we lived through, otherwise known as postmodernism.\r\n\r\nI embraced postmodernism as well.  We usually end up embracing what holds us captive when all resistance fails.  It's called <a href=\"https://www.history.com/news/stockholm-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stockholm syndrome</a> and it's what has happened to us.  Postmodernism was a heamorrhage because we embraced the death of the sublime and put vacuity on the art altar in its place... but I digress 😬.\r\n<h3>The Simultaneity of Bernard Frize</h3>\r\nAre these two simultaneous Bernard Frize exhibits currently influencing each other?  The paintings are, as far as I can tell, static (with the exception of the dust collecting on their surfaces).  The influence that does occur comes as a result of independent agents (people like me visiting the shows) who are realigned as a result of crossing into the causal process of viewing the works.\r\n\r\nDo two wet lines of paint that intersect remain free of the other's influence?  No. Wet paint A and wet paint B are most definitely influenced by one another and Frize's quasi-industrial/painterly approach provides us with an opportunity to see the evidence of simultaneity in action.\r\n<figure><img src=\"https://andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-4-768x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-4.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-4.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-4.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-4.png?resize=610%2C407&amp;ssl=1 610w, https://i0.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-4.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"bernard frize 4\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" /><br/><figcaption>PERROTIN Tokyo - Bernard Frize</figcaption></figure>\r\n<strong>The exhibit at Perrotin</strong> is comprised of prototypical Frize works, the ones following the well-trod path of grid-based paintings over resin.  They possess a familiar glazed donut effect common among many blue-chip artists who are enjoying their cumulative advantages. The proles looking up from the feet of the ivory tower have a poor vantage point to be sure. Still my provoked mind was simultaneously disappointing by the profound emptiness of these paintings, and no, I'm not talking the groovy, buddhist kind of emptiness here.\r\n\r\nAnother example of our most recent era's tendency to focus too much on concept and in effect bleed the heart of art, imho.\r\n\r\nThe only piece that broke away from the burden of intellectual consistency, even a little bit, was the one hidden away in the very back. Hats off to the installers and curators who selected this placement.  It was a like a trampoline that sent you springing back through the exhibit with a touch of renewed energy.\r\n<figure><img src=\"https://andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-3-300x209.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-3.png?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-3.png?resize=768%2C534&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-3.png?resize=1024%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-3.png?resize=610%2C424&amp;ssl=1 610w, https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-3.png?w=1150&amp;ssl=1 1150w\" alt=\"bernard frize 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" /><br/><figcaption>The counterpoint piece at Perrotin</figcaption></figure>\r\nIf Perrotin's exhibit disappointed me, <strong>Kaikai Kiki's collection of Bernard Frize paintings</strong> provided levity and lightness, some adventure and imperfection, and even a sense of landscape and figure/ground.  In these works, the materials and medium were largely the same but the application of these things were much more narrative, like snapshots from a trip abroad perhaps.  It felt coastal, like days passing on beautiful beaches, the vortex of nautilus shells notated on familiar surfaces.\r\n\r\nAltogether a cheerful show, one that seemed to evoke fond memories tinged with longing of times gone past.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-2.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" srcset=\"https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-2.png?w=964&amp;ssl=1 964w, https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-2.png?resize=300%2C249&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-2.png?resize=768%2C637&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bernard-frize-2.png?resize=610%2C506&amp;ssl=1 610w\" alt=\"bernard frize 2\" width=\"964\" height=\"800\" /><br/>\r\n<h2>My Neural Map of Related Artists</h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; line-height: 1; font-style: normal;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Don't be distracted! 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      "body": "What other freedoms are you concerned with besides trade?\n\nYou’re stating the obvious about laws and I have to agree. No, I’m not free to do anything I feel like under the law.  \n\nSteemin for pennies, now that’s freedom.  Liberation!",
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      "body": "The difference? Easy. Ancap property ethic supports and honor the reality of individual self-ownership. Statist, crony capitalists do not.\n\nIntellectual honesty. In reference to your assumption that my main concern is with the freedom to trade as opposed to other freedoms.\n\nYou didn’t really reply though. Are you free to trade in any market you like, and create your own currency, without state approval? Are you free to not be extorted via taxation? Of course you’re not.",
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      "body": "Imagine we’re playing a game of pool or something so it doesn’t get too emotional.  You are not the only person living in the reality you just described.  You and everybody else.  What I said in the first place is that institutions of power are what anarchy seeks to circumvent.  But capitalism is an institution of power, the same as socialism or any other.  What’s the difference between an anarchist-capitalist/volantaryist and a capitalist?  And what do you mean about intellectual honesty?",
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      "body": "Really? Try to trade \n/start your own currency and/or market outside of state regulation. Choose to trade your money as you please and not be extorted by taxation. Then you’ll see how “free to trade” you really are.\n\nAnd if you wanna bring things to the next level conversationally, intellectual honesty is a must.",
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      "body": "Not to beef or blow up your post, but it's an objection I have with your logic.  1) I'm not assuming anything, I'm asking questions and trying to elicit answers.  2) I'm not judging YOU, I'm challenging an idea which is a massive difference 3) If I were judging you, I don't know how that would make your point, because I'm not putting any restrictions on your ability to trade... actually I'm giving your profile more value here, you should thank me.",
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      "body": "Cool man.  Just trying to take a conversation to the next level. But that’s cool.  Everybody can trade, always has, always will.",
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      "body": "You’re making my point for me, judging me and assuming shit. Not to mention putting words in my mouth.\n\nIf you can’t trade, is that freedom? Did I say that was the only freedom? No.\n\n*sigh*\n\nDone with ya homey.",
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      "body": "Why of all the values and potential declarations you can make is the freedom to trade the most important one for you?  Humans have traded since the dawn of our time, eons before capitalism existed.  I understand it’s kind of a branding thing and goes along with crypto and all that, but on a deeper level it’s a pretty myopic thing to defend isn’t it, since trade has always and since the scope of anarchy is so majestic.  People trade under the shadow of every variety of political and economic regime.  \n\nWhat else does voluntaryism stand for besides free trade?  Sincerely...",
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Born 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark<br />Lives in New York<br /><br />See also: <em><a href=\"http://www.westdenhaag.nl/artists/Kasper_Sonne/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Museumkwartier</a></em></p>\n<h3>Disclaimer:</h3><p><em>I write about art however I want.  I observe no standards or norms unless I do.  A thoughtful review, or something vacant or tangential; moods are my style guide here. thanks!</em></p>\n<p>This is the first time I've taken in the work of Kasper Sonne, and only recently having discovered Takashi Murakami's gallery project at the top of the hill in Hiroo, Tokyo.</p><p>Immediately upon walking into the gallery I caught a number of familiar odors in the current exhibition of Kasper Sonne, like the smell of old books in a library, I wanted to follow the paper trail of artist influencers evident in the body of work on view, but as I have been well-trained to do, I suppressed those impulsive thoughts and ignored my bloodhound urges to trace back in order to freshen up my eyes for the task at hand: viewing the work.</p>\n<h3>Concept vs. Physicality</h3>\n<p>If the history of Kasper Sonne's work were opaque to me, I would still know that 1) almost all artists with good exhibition records are conceptual and 2) this work seems conceptual only as a politeness, not as a source of motivation for this work (with the exception of the word scramble in the tatami room).</p><p>If I didn't know any better I would categorize the large color field experiments blotted with black alkyd fat and draped with blankets, velvets an other materials as deconstructionist and annihilistic.  The objects have weight, are elegant, fashionable and negative.  </p>\n<figure>\n<img width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https://andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KASPER-SONNE-Detail-from-my-laptop-768x512.png\" alt=\"KASPER SONNE - Detail (from my laptop)\" srcset=\"https://i1.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KASPER-SONNE-Detail-from-my-laptop.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KASPER-SONNE-Detail-from-my-laptop.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KASPER-SONNE-Detail-from-my-laptop.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KASPER-SONNE-Detail-from-my-laptop.png?resize=610%2C407&amp;ssl=1 610w, https://i1.wp.com/andycline.art/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KASPER-SONNE-Detail-from-my-laptop.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /><br/><figcaption>KASPER SONNE - Detail (from my laptop)</figcaption>\n</figure>\n<p>Fashion, the theater, the finer things in life... are rejected and spat on in an empathetic, respectful way in these works.  </p><p>I had a moment of two of the sublime too, mostly with a section of draping velvet that hadn't been slathered in paint and whose sheen stood out in the room.</p>\n<h2>My Neural Map of Related Artists</h2>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; line-height: 1; font-style: normal;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Don't be distracted! Get inspired : )</h3> <p>To gather together a list of related artists that relate to any particular living artist is at the very least, projection.  But using an artist (artists are used as a matter of course) as a contextual point on a map, though perhaps in bad taste, is still useful to help the public get their bearings in the space, even if it doesn't help to \"get it\".</p><p><strong>So here goes:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/lucio-fontana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucio Fontana</a></li></ul><blockquote><p>“A butterfly in flight stimulates my imagination. By freeing myself from discourse, I loose myself in time and I start making holes.”</p>\n</blockquote><ul><li><a href=\"https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antoni_T%C3%A0pies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antoni Tapies</a></li></ul><blockquote><p>\"I had discovered this material, one I find loaded with strange suggestions, which is cardboard. A grey, anonymous material that won't be easily manipulated, for which very reason the slightest mark of the hand torments it and destroys it. But the piece of cardboard, the box, the lid, the tray.. ..dirty clothes (socks, T-shirt, underpants...), old furniture, everyday objects; not used as a representation or theme in the picture but as real bodies, objects.\"</p>\n</blockquote><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8322.Mark_Rothko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Rothko</a></li></ul><blockquote><p>“A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.” </p>\n</blockquote><ul><li><a href=\"http://www.teamgal.com/artists/banks_violette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banks Violette</a>, circa 2006</li></ul><blockquote><p>\"If you can find this compelling as an aesthetic experience, that’s one step down a queasy slope to putting yourself right next to the person who’s lighting the match.\" <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/t-magazine/banks-violette-artist-return.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times, 2017</a></p>\n</blockquote><ul><li><a href=\"http://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/6268/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sterling Ruby</a></li></ul><blockquote><p>\"Very early on, I started to think about what it is to share 50 percent of your income with a dealer.\" <a href=\"https://www.wmagazine.com/story/sterling-ruby-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W Magazine, 2014</a></p>\n</blockquote>\nFacebook\nPinterest\nTumblr\nGoogle+\nTwitter <br /><center><hr/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/steempress/'>SteemPress</a> : https://andycline.art/kasper-sonne-japan-kaikai-kiki-gallery/ </em><hr/></center> ",
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