I've never even dropped acid before - though I really, really, really, really, REALLY look forward to doing so one day in the not-too-distant future...
But, I've had strange moments of clarity, while sober, which seem like some of those revelations people write about having with acid.. like one night I was looking at the moon, and saw for the first time that the circle we see as a moon was actually a sphere, and somehow realizing this simple fact gave it a new dimension of beauty, which I could take to anything I looked at.
Whenever I look at the faces of strangers, when I'm walking down the street or whatever, there's this dimension of beauty which is so totally aside from any mainstream meaning of the word. The face of an old man, a young woman or a child - they're all beautiful in a way that's hard to describe. In, I imagine, the same way people find it hard to really convey what tripping means to them. Heh.
It kind of reminds me of seeing new things as a child, things which I'd never laid eyes on before, and had no bias with which to judge it by, if that makes sense. It sure is nice to have a truely open mind.
Anyway, wonderful trip report, thanks for sharing.
Mercy (who narrowly missed out on getting a free microdot a few days ago *sigh*)
(Sorry if I'm bumping a really old thread here - the thought just occured to me. Heh.)