Acid Trip

Nine drawings by an unknown artist taking part in a government-sponsored LSD experiment in the late 1950s.

The subject was asked to draw a portrait of his attending doctor at various intervals throughout the experiment.

The fifth drawing, completed two-and-a-half hours after the initial dose of LSD 25 was administered, was accompanied by the following observation:

Upon completing the drawing the patient starts laughing, then becomes startled by something on the floor.

Compare with his final statement, after portrait #9…

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    That is eerily fantastic.

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    I once found this in a book in my 10th grade english class.

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