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
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.
I meant: for kids who did drugs in โ70s and โ90s, this wouldnโt be a particularly crazy resume.
At raves in the mid-โ90s, kids at raves would literally ask each other โWhatโs your menu?โ meaning โWhat drugs have you done tonight?โ It wasnโt uncommon, by time of the afterparty, to have done 5+ drugs just in one night. Opium wasnโt common, but turned up once in a while, and there were a bunch of other drugs commonly done that arenโt even on this list.