@drtashaswalve: Acid art #acid #art #drawing #neuroscience #trippy

69Toboggan :

why does it make me poop

Cocoa :

This was not a self portrait he was told to draw the physician in front of him

cooowich :

You can see everything breathing, that’s been my biggest take away

Pina Senaynis :

I’m almost certain that the initial instruction was to draw a naturalistic portrait of himself and then to repeat the same exact drawing as precisely as possible. It’s always the same three-quarter view of his head facing in the same direction. You can see at the beginning that he’s attempting to re-create the first drawing and experiencing a loss of motor control. As he adjusts to the drug and gets further into the psychedelic experience, his line work regains confidence, but that initial instruction has loosened, as he starts drawing abstractly. Funnily enough, you can still see the art history even in the depth of his hallucination. Kandinsky, Futurist painting, and an echo of Picasso, for example. The one described as ‘swoopier’ does not show lack of control— on the contrary, a majority of the marks trace the same comma or arabesque (the ‘swoop’), as if he’s set himself the exercise of drawing a portrait using only a single shape. The result is reminiscent of some Surrealist works on paper from the 30s.

AstralTrash4k :

There’s just no words. Language is inefficient

Sam :

I genuinely think some of those later self-portrait are some of the most moving self-portraits I’ve seen

Laratte William :

I understand the last images it's exactly what you see

Sam :

I used to have an older gentleman patient with pretty significant aphasia. When he’d call the clinic he’d always speak in nursery rhymes. One day he came in and was using charades to tell me and the receptionist about his art. He mimed dropping something under his tongue and his head exploding. His art was pretty trippy 😅

Devil Guinea Pig :

is it possible there were impacts on fine and gross motor control and coordination too?

Via Vitae :

a return, but not the same.

Kris10 🇵🇸 :

Saw the “peaking” drawing and just nodded. There truly is no real way to describe it

8opus :

This is such an interesting topic especially when you think of famous artists that were addicts. Edgar Allen Poe and opiates, Stephen king and cocaine, & Warhol and amphetamines. I wonder if any have ever become addicted to drugs by realizing it made them feel more creative or otherwise.

fishPookie :

Demonic? Disturbing? That image didn't bother me lol

pandangus :

Of those sketches; I remember reading that by the last drawing he was tired and didn't like his last one.

GDawg Lola 🇨🇦 :

the second portrait looks like a Lennon album cover

Soranarcha🔥 :

"seems like a thing we should be tellimg people" belive, artists already know.

verticalpenguin🇳🇿 :

Have they done multi lingual studies re language not being able to describe or the words used I feel like with different languages having different feelings related terms or whatever it could be interesting to see differences and similarities

❌VYXN 🇳🇿 :

Those last few self drawings are amazing the doll was less creepy that the first.

Jumbosparkles :

*bee* (COMMISSIONS OPEN)!!! :

i’d do this

Bri Larson | Trauma Therapist :

My theory is it gives them a theoretical sandbox to play in that gives them permission to let go of control.

iaintgotnotailgirl :

It’s veryy swirly and ball like if that makes sense😭

xxz0mbie_f4angzxx :

I've looked at this art collection so many times, super fascinating :D

Nuk :

I’ve had an experience where I was speaking so beautifully and well spoken, wrote like I was shakespeare and I got super creative. But it did come at a cost 😅

emmy :

“relatively normal, kind of creepy because of it being a doll” absolutely killed me lmao