Cherniak bio
Laurence Cherniak is a man with many talents. Over the course of his life and career he has excelled in a wide variety of fields. Painter, poet, raconteur, writer, designer, scuba diver, musician, actor, director, videographer, photojournalist, webmaster and registered consultant for Apple Computers, Cherniak has done it all, distinguishing himself in a variety of disciplines while remaining true to his love for cannabis and liberty.For members of the pot culture, Cherniak is best known as the creator of the renowned Great Books of Hashish trilogy. These beautiful and informative books feature hundreds of amazing photographs from the global ganja scene, revealing the finest marijuana, hash and opium from exotic locales such as Morocco, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Nepal. Filled with anecdotes and information on growing, smuggling and consuming marijuana and hash, plus tales of Cherniak's high adventures through these exciting lands, these books are true canna-classics.
He is also a relentless self promoter, so much so that he insists his name appear only in capital letters. His website boldly declares that Cherniak is the Neil Armstrong of activism, the Michelangelo of marijuana and the Shakespeare of hash!
Cherniak's work has been featured in many books, including the Psychedelics Encyclopedia, High Culture, Growing Extraordinary Marijuana and the Drug Identification Bible. His photos have been featured in magazines as diverse as Weed World and Homegrown to Time and Newsweek. High Times has been using Cherniak's photos for covers and centerfolds since 1978.
Cherniak also has a strong international presence. He has produced two German-language books and seen his work used in a number of German publications. There's even a Japanese edition of the first Great Book of Hashish, published in 1992.
Cherniak will be visiting a dozen Canadian cities during May and June of this year on his "Defining Freedom" tour. He will be promoting his appearance in Cannabis Culture and the upcoming 7th Annual Ontario Hempfest coming in August, which Cherniak will be co-hosting.
Beyond buds
Not everything Cherniak does is tinged with marijuana green. He has created many paintings for mainstream events, including having the honor of seeing his paintings used for things as varied as the launch of the Toronto Arts Week, the showguide for the 1992 MacWorld Expo, and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower. He also created the only photographic tribute to the Toronto Blue Jays after their 1992 World Series victory, published in The Bulletin Board.
Over his long career he has been actively involved in the US and Canadian Actor's Equity Associations, The Toronto Arts Awards Foundation, The Heart and Stroke Foundation, Maui Community
Theatre and many other community and volunteer organizations.
Future projects
Cherniak has been smoking pot since the late 1950's, yet despite some close calls he has been lucky or careful enough to avoid ever being convicted for a marijuana offence.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Cherniak has a number of new books and projects coming to fruition this year. Book four of the Great Books of Hashish is coming to bookstores later this year, as are two other new books, The Marijuana Grower's Field Guide and Laboratory Pocket-Bible, and Marijuana Spiritual and Medicinal. A reprint of Book two of the Great Books of Hashish is also due out soon, as is part one of an autobiographical trilogy titled A.M.
Cherniak has also been busy creating marijuana leaves, with a growing library of over 50,000 unique marijuana leaves which he has emblazoned on products including mugs, cups, candle holders, pizza plates, mouse pads, t-shirts, underwear and of course a line of bongs. Another new project is a non-toxic, organic "plant wash" Cherniak has developed, which eliminates moulds and fungi from live plants.
Rest assured that as long as he can inhale, Laurence Cherniak will continue as a tireless writer, photographer, designer and inventor, chronicling the best buds, hash and pot products the world has to offer.
? Laurence Cherniak: www.cherniak.com
The Great Cherniak
He sucks dick, big time...
THE GREAT CHERNIAK
Um No he does not
Obviously your just an insignificant pile of puke who obviously has no life, so you relish in the fact that you can comment on people whom you have never even met.
but since you enjoy talking about sucking dicks so much, it's quite evident that must be what you do in your spear time.
THE GREAT CHERNIAK
Um No he does not
Obviously your just an insignificant pile of puke who obviously has no life, so you relish in the fact that you can comment on people whom you have never even met.
but since you enjoy talking about sucking dicks so much, it's quite evident that must be what you do in your spare time.
Laurence Cherniak
I have had the privelage of knowing Laurence Cherniak most of my adult life-
It's rare having a friendship span forty years, but you tend to keep those
Worth keeping. And his is one of the rare ones. As Mr Larson says, laurence
Is a character- a true character in the best sense like Damon Runyun is a character.
What Mr Larson might have also added is that Laurence is a true Renaissance Man.
Photo Journalist... Check. Actor... Check. Artist... Check. Musician... Check. Activist... Check.
Cannabis Enthusiast and noted Authority... Check and double check. I've been
Privelaged to see and experience 'the Full Laurence' and like Larson says,
It's quite a show... It's hard to put a cap on genius.... Perhaps the author
Below who thinks Laurence sucks dick is intimidated? In any case,
Laurence is first and foremost, a true Character like other important figureheads in
The movement that connects us all, people and icons like Jack Herer, Timothy Leary,
And Tom Forcade, Marc Emery...Past and or present Friends and acquaintences to the both of us.
If the Author of the quote below had been around in the Sixties and
Seventies, he would know that. It's not a boast, just plain fact.
We've paved the road less travelled so that others may walk it a little easier.
If we meet you along the way, we'll probably say hello. A kind word back has been earned.
BIG TIME