Acid Trip Drawings From 1950's Military Experiment

[chri'stina 190]

That's incredible. I'm inspired.

Hopefully not to trip yourself. It's not something to be taken lightly or that I would recommend.

In the early 1970's I experimented with psilocybin mushrooms twice. I picked them myself in the woods, took them home, and later chewed them up with a mouthfull of Hawiian Punch drink with my friends. It was truely weird and at times terrifying. Psychedelics take your mind to places that some people shouldn't go. My first trip was OK and somewhat fun, but the second trip wasn't and I decided to end my experiments. It does expand the mind, but not always in a pleasant way. I would suggest that reading a good book would be a better use of time than tripping.

Friends and aquaintances that have done both psilocybin and LSD told me they had similar experiences with both. There was a guy I grew up with that took dozens of Acid trips in the early 1970's when LSD was easily available. I saw him many years later and he related to me that he regrets ever doing it. He gets "flashbacks" even though he hasn't taken it in years.

A lot of people were "inspired" to trip by Timothy Leary and others that publicized their experiences. I really wonder what opinion these people have of their experiences years later. Most of the people I know that tripped years ago in their youth would never do it now that they are older and wiser.

I agree...of people I know who had taken LSD (in my parents' generation), none of them are happy they did when they look back and they usually have horror stories about their trips. I don't think it's something to be taken lightly either.

[Nessa 23]

uh oh bad military I should run and hide!

[Krikit 1,164]

That's incredible. I'm inspired.

Hopefully not to trip yourself. It's not something to be taken lightly or that I would recommend.

In the early 1970's I experimented with psilocybin mushrooms twice. I picked them myself in the woods, took them home, and later chewed them up with a mouthfull of Hawiian Punch drink with my friends. It was truely weird and at times terrifying. Psychedelics take your mind to places that some people shouldn't go. My first trip was OK and somewhat fun, but the second trip wasn't and I decided to end my experiments. It does expand the mind, but not always in a pleasant way. I would suggest that reading a good book would be a better use of time than tripping.

Friends and aquaintances that have done both psilocybin and LSD told me they had similar experiences with both. There was a guy I grew up with that took dozens of Acid trips in the early 1970's when LSD was easily available. I saw him many years later and he related to me that he regrets ever doing it. He gets "flashbacks" even though he hasn't taken it in years.

A lot of people were "inspired" to trip by Timothy Leary and others that publicized their experiences. I really wonder what opinion these people have of their experiences years later. Most of the people I know that tripped years ago in their youth would never do it now that they are older and wiser.

You're assuming that I haven't already too, but anyway, it was just an off-the-cuff remark.

I'll post my paintings if I change my mind though.

But seriously, Peejay. There's tons of things people wouldn't repeat from their youth now that they are older and wiser. That's how you get to be wiser. (But maybe sometimes not older.) For instance, I wouldn't stand in the middle of the mall crying and screaming for my mommy if I lost sight of her in the crowds now. But I do, sometimes, still yell "NO NO NO NO NO" and stamp my feet if I'm told to do something I don't want to.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Hallucinogens are/can-be amazing mind-expanding experiences...the drawings depict the result of the artists imagination (as the drug took affect), but what he/she was experiencing at the time most assuredly was much more complex...

mind-expanding, or mind-distorting....