do you think psychadelic drugs improve the creation of art? do you think art is better/worse when the artist is on something? comments on drugs in art in general?
Well I got my skeleton/man from a mushroom trip. I saw myself lifted up and my flesh kinda sunk away while all these colors flashed in the backround and these floaty fractle thingys were spining on the side
I don't think it enhances your abilities per se, but it gives you an alternate view. This really applies to all things done/seen/thought while on psychadelic shaz. Check this out though, pretty interesting stuff: http://www.cowboybooks.com.au/html/acidtrip1.html Follow 7 odd pictures at various points on an acid trip. I'm pretty sure this was part of the MKULTRA study program. Really interesting what this person does. Take a detailed look at all of them, it's really interesting how he applies what he is feeling to his drawings.
In my experience...psychedelic drugs have boosted my creativity. And that has been a lasting change in me. And I do think my art is much better after my drug use. But I think it depends on the person. I remember once when some friends and I were on lsd and I was drawing. My friends looked at my drawing and thought it was beautiful and one of them thought he could draw something just as beautiful because of the drugs. So, he's sat there for the longest time working on his drawing. Finally he let us see it and I saw this look on his face like he was so pround of what he'd done. But I looked down at that drawing and it was only scribbles and I said so. Then he looked back at it and said, "oh my god...you're right." Late he said he thought he'd drawn some really intricate and beautiful patterns. My drawing on the other hand was intricate patterns. I don't know exactly what this story illustrates, but when I think of art and drugs it comes to mind. lol Years ago my art was inspired by drugs; I drew what I saw. But I don't do drugs anymore. Now my art is no longer inspired by drugs, but by my love for God. And my art is better than ever. I know drugs had a part in that, but there were other things too: practice, books, gaining confidence in my artistic skills, etc. And that combination has made my art what it is today. I can say that drugs influenced what I draw. I tend to do designs of intricate patterns and that was definitly inspired by drugs.
Man I really liked this picture he did on that cowboy books website. 4 hours 25 minutes after first dose of LSD 25. Patient retreated to the bunk, spending approximately 2 hours lying, waving his hands in the air. His return to the activity box is sudden and deliberate, changing media to pen and water colour. 'This will be the best drawing, Like the first one, only better. If I'm not careful I'll lose control of my movements, but I won't, because I know. I know' - (this saying is then repeated many times). Patient makes the last half-a-dozen strokes of the drawing while running back and forth across the room. Look how good it looks, very very cool. I tend not to use the drugs while Im working, unless ym stuff happens to be there, then I play, but I try to remember te experience and use it afterwards, or when Im am coming down. Come to think of it thought I have jsut doen simple drawings under the craziness.
i think it depends on the individual, and of course the trip. it could go either way for me. sometimes drugs really inspire me, and i get amazing ideas and visions, other times i just don't have the desire to make art, or the idea of doing so becomes infinitesimal. but on those occasions that drugs help my art, it's just... brilliant. dynamite. i love it. i dont think art is any better when the artist is on drugs. but it depends, everyone perceives art differently. beauty is in the eye of the beholder, after all.
If taking drugs boosts someones creativity then i think its acceptable for them to use them although being a good artist comes naturally, not through taking drugs. Hope you found SOME wisdom in that [shrugs]
I don't really draw alot on drugs. I'm draw after I smoke, if I smoke before school, but that's about it. I don't draw anything from a past trip. I really don't draw anything, I just draw. If I try to draw something, it'll almost always come out bad, so I just draw, and whatever happens happens. I always try to look past the paper and kind of see the drawing as a whole, then figure out where I should draw next, as opposed to what I should draw next. Anyways, I made a similar post about Disney animators and drugs here.
I personally think Marijuana, Opiates, and Phsychadelics were given to us as a gift for art, and a gift to realize true beauty and to "Tune out" from a world ruled by power hungry, evil people. Peace and Love, Dan
I've known people who get very creative on drugs and can create some beautiful artwork while high, tripping, whatever. I however, just can't do it. I haven't done many drugs, but of the ones I've done, I always just get really horny or lethargic. Even when I tried acid. Drugs inhibit my creative side for some reason. Oh well. I don't do them often and probably won't anymore for quite a while.
i had occasion to stare at a dali print (the last supper) while high on pot the other day, and it really opened me up to all the crazy symbolism going on in that painting (and some others too - we have 6 on our wall). What used to be meaningless craziness to me all of a sudden was saying paragraphs of story.. it was cool. of course its been a month - and now that i look at it again i cant find the central idea, but it still gives me a kind of shroomy relevatory feeling when i stare at it. Damn good painting, that one. Can you post it for everyone?
ive never tripped and drawn. but when i smoke marijuana it still gives me a cool alternate veiw and my hand is more steady and theres a sense of a magnetism that makes it feel like i can draw better.
