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In 2000, Bryan painted tens of self-portraits whilst being on mind-altering drugs, and so, "Under The Influence" was born. Within weeks, he became lethargic and suffered mild brain damage. Saunders even became a frequent guest at the hospital. Nevertheless, he continued drawing. The artist sought "experiences that might profoundly affect his perception of self" and when you see just how different each of the drawings from "Under The Influence" is, you can't help but think he succeeded. Saunders said the brain damage resulted in "psychomotor retardation and confusion," but at least it was repairable. He's still conducting this experiment, but over greater lapses of time

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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Art doesn't need to know this answer that badly. This fucking guy has taken

  • dilaudid
  • morphine
  • opium
  • nitrous
  • pcp
  • meth
  • lighter fluid, by huffing
  • cough syrup at a dose of "two bottles"

I don't even know what a few of these things are, and I'm not going to look up and see how crazy the doses on everything else are, but based on the ones I do know I can only conclude that this guy is trying to kill himself.

And he's succeeding, from the sound of it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Was it probably mostly an excuse to get fucked up in as many different ways as possible? Yep. May as well do something neat with it

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