Artist draws portraits of himself on every drug imaginable
 

Found this pretty interesting.
Artist has been drawing self portraits of himself every single day since 1995.... then he started taking drugs and doing it.

Artist draws portraits of himself on every drug imaginable | Sympatico.ca News

link to his web page
Bryan Lewis Saunders - SELF-PORTRAIT SERIES

link to pictures drawn on drugs
Bryan Lewis Saunders - DRUGS

http://media.bryanlewissaunders.org/...ushrooms__.jpg

thats scary as shit!

Is he drawing what he interprets stuff should look like or what he thinks of himself on the substance? I ask because some things like pot (all forms) and coke i dont think i see myself even remotely close to what he draws, i felt he was trying a bit hard to get a big reaction

I agree, he seems like he is trying to hard or to get a bigger reaction from his blog.

i agree as well. and its probably working too.
but who knows... maybe he does the drugs, looks in a mirror and starts drawing what he sees. and hes just fucked.

I didn't click the links but would imagine his drawings would be a combination of how he looked and felt... Not just what he saw.

all i could think of...

http://selectroclash.files.wordpress...re-bad-420.jpg

him on DMT:

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...sander/DMT.jpg

Reminds me of this

Acid trip 1

Most of these seem like interpretations of what he was thinking while on the drug and maybe after. He is an artist after all.

The portraits are not a literal interpretation of the artists conception of physical self-image under the influence of mind altering substances. The portraits are a reflection of the the artists modified experience of reality while on mind altering substances; emotion, sensory inputs, thought patterns all blended into the an abstract physical representation.

I disagree with your thought that the artist is attempting to promote a reaction through controversy. It's not uncommon for artists of any sort to partake in heavy use of drugs; I can easily compile a long list of very well recognized writers who used opium - Keats, Byron, Shelly, Dickens, Wilde, Doyle, Carroll, Poe. That's just a brief list of writers from a single period of history who used a specific drug; if I were to list every variation of artist who partook in any given drug at any point in history, I could go on nearly endlessly. Furthermore, it's not uncommon in the least for artists to openly make reference to the use of drugs and the power of inspiration they hold in their work. I fail to see how this specific artist falls outside the realm of normality given his occupation.

lol this thread totally differentiates right brained people from left brained.

huffing lighter fluids?? Wow... I am amazed he can operate under the influence

Was I the only one looking down the list for krokodil?

"Real absinthe" would probably be the only one I would be curious to try off that list.

^ you can in Seattle.

absinthe being a hallucinogen is just a myth, go look it up.

It doesnt do anything more than any other high proof alcohol.

British Columbia does have any regulations regarding absinthe, you could theoretically purchase a bottle with high thujone content locally.

America does has regulations regarding absinthe, I believe these are still current.

Interesting to see the intense variation


On a side note, while browsing that website, I couldn't help but to think that MindBomber's avatar came from there ;)

Saw a bottle yesterday at the 260 Tobacco & Spirits along the I5 just north of Bellingham. The label said 'Absinthe' and was pretty expensive.

Thujone is not what makes absinthe absinthe...

Last I tried, you couldn't get real absinthe in BC or Seattle, you have to order online to get anything decent.

La Clandestine
Lasalla
Duplais
Angelique
Segarra

All popular, true absinthe. Countries such as Switzerland (where it originated) France (where it was most popular), Spain all produce good legitimate absinthe. But that doesn't mean they are automatically bad. However stuff from Czech or UK pretty much are automatically bad.

There are good handcrafted absinthes being made in the states, but there is also the marketing crap as well. My recommendation is, before ever buying a bottle, to check reviews on reputable review sites (FeeVerte being the original, I've been a member there for I thnk going on 12 years now)

Wow all these drugs he took and he said he had mild brain damage. Idk about him but I think these drugs are not good for him for sure

This guy makes absinthe sound like the elixir of the gods:

To absinthe fans, it is

Good artist, I like some of those a lot!

This talk about absinthe made me realize it's been too long since my last glass.. so out comes

1/2 part Un Emile absinthe (France)
1 part ice water
1 dash bitters

Shake like fuck :sweetjesus:

http://i.imgur.com/B61JT.jpg

Makes for a better benchmarking session... Science + Absinthe = WIN~!

interesting