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There have been many experiments in the past where artists have been the subject of voluntary drug testing. Not just that, they have shown us the effects on their work after taking certain drugs.
This time though, a Reddit user whatafinethrowaway has shown us the effect of LSD. She asked her friend to take the drug and draw a series of portraits while under the influence. And so, her friend agreed and took 200µg of LSD. After that, the both of them spent almost 10 hours while one of them drew 11 self-portraits and the other one documented it all.
Down below are the drawings, so go check them out.
-“Are you feeling anything?”
-“Nope.”
-“Those are some bright colors!”
-“Yeah. That’s probably gonna get worse.”
-“That was a good idea, buying coloured pencils.”
-“I didn’t draw the eyes. Do you want me to draw the eyes? I don’t feel like drawing the eyes.”
-“Here you go. I’m violet.”
Later:-“Usually, I draw the eyes at the very end, because I don’t want the picture to look at me while I’m drawing it. Here, I didn’t want the picture to look at me at all.”
-“I lost the black pencil. I only had the coloured ones.”
After 45 minutes in the dark, listening to some Pink Floyd, she started to draw again.
She didn’t seem quite satisfied with the last one, so she directly started this one: “During the previous one, I tried to draw what was inside my head, but in the middle of it, things were happening outside my head instead.”
-“Do you want to draw a last one? Like, a normal one?”
-“I’ll try”
So that’s what drugs do to your brain. Liked this post? Share it.
