Psychedelics and Creativity/Self-Discovery

[Eye]

Hmm, cannabis kills my creativity, I find it a pretty poor drug for any kind of mental stimulation personally.

I'd agree about DXM, I'm a musician, not an artist, although when I sat down to paint on DXM I made some very bizarre yet coherent paintings. If technically lacking, the creativity was there. I've yet to fully explore psychedelics and guitar...

Musicians are artists in my book, my friend. So are creative cooks. It's all good. I played classical and blues guitar as a teen and just loved it. Thinking of picking it up again since taking up this exploration of psychedelics and dissociatives. What life-affirming stuff.

I don't much care for cannabis, although I support its legality and love the plant's scent and the scent of its smoke.

 

[Eye]

I have a friend who makes psychedelic paintings on mushrooms, 2C-E and LSD. I also heard from another friend that mescaline + MDMA combo is VERY inspirational for art making.

I have had 2C-E recommended to me before. Thanks for the second!

 

[Eye]

LSD would be alright.

It surprises me metoxetamine is useful since it bears resemblance to ketamine and I can have a hard time drawing on that, my skills are pretty much shot though on the other hand there is more interesting abstraction, I was reminded of alien symbols but also of a mentally impaired person drawing it :D good thing I finished it later.

4-HO-MET has given me the absolute most creative ideas, when I used it in a pretty high dose I saw and experienced great and otherworldly things, they were very visual as well. Even though you say that is not what you are looking for let me tell you it helped, because in visions I saw my own creative imagination at work and I came up with excellent ideas that I listed on a note and used later to inspire works that are still pretty much the nicest I have.

By the way one great thing about 4-HO-MET is that it stays light-hearted for much longer than mushrooms (which can be more serious to me), and it allowed me to focus on creative thought and not follow the guidance of the shroom so to speak. I can see 4-AcO-DMT being nice as well but it can be a little too otherworldly and I might have a harder time expressing the mindscapes experienced or visited on it. I guess you could say it's too deep and doesn't relate to everyday things well enough to be expressed in those terms.

Tryptamines are IMO your very best bet, they produce more conceptual distortions that let you tap into creativity - LSD has this as well, it depends whether you want to count it as a tryptamine.
I am not saying phenethylamines won't do you any good, probably most psychedelics will... but they remain more superficial for me and I can only work with things I am already seeing or thinking about so not too much novelty in comparison. 2C-E might get you there and 2C-T-7 and others also have potential but I feel like it would not be efficient.

The reason I am not more enthousiastic about LSD is probably because I have tried drawing under the influence multiple times and it always ends up a little too trippy. If I had used the method I used for 4-HO-MET and only written down the subjects to draw, enough to remember and visualize it all later on it would probably be a big success.
My recipe with 4-HO-MET was 20 mg, then a while into the plateau I took another 12 mg or so and quickly after that I also added the 8 mg I had left at the time. I guess when in doubt double the dose applied here. The trip kicked into full gear but it became pretty crazy though still manageable when I smoked some weed after that as well. Best recipe I can give you but less experienced trippers should definitely be more conservative with their tryptamine dose.

You rock! I've got much reading to do.

 

[Eye]

Mescaline is a pro-active psychedelic, I can;t sit still on it full of sexual and creative energy whole on cactus, i've only ever tried trichocereus peruvianus but many artists have used peyote or mescaline in which ever form to inspire and drive them to create surreal works for decades/hundreds of years!

LSD, Mushrooms, Mescaline - they are the holy trinity as a good friend once put it!

Thank you thank you thank you

 

[RainbowWarrior]

Great post solipsis!

and very interesting... i have experimented a bit with the 4-ho-met in the last months, it's a really nice compound - but i found more clarity when drwaing on lsd / 2ce than on 4-ho-met, combination of lsd and 4-ho-met was nice as well, but i definitely prefer lsd for creative working...

but i tend to be more lucid on lsd / phenetylamines in general compared to tryptamines

4-aco-dmt was nice as well for drawing, though i would sometimes be distracted by the strong emotions that this compounds lets me experience...

 

[IamMe90]

i was overcome the other night on a high dose of 2c-e by the most irresistible idea for a song layered with spoken word poetry in the style of Slint or other post rock bands, for instance. i won't go into specifics about the lyrical content but needless to say it was the most clear and fantastic inspiration i've had for awhile.

 

[Eye]

You're all wonderful. Thanks so much for all of your comments.

 

[sheepie]

Last night I took some mescaline. I couldn't text message for my life because I didn't know what words to use... but playing on my guitar was so easy it blew my mind. Creativity x1000. To be fair though I haven't tried being creative on any other psych

 

[✰hyperobjects✰]

4-meo-PCP and DOB I find to be excellent writing aids. 4-meo-PCP might be also suited to working in visual mediums and I rather enjoy DJing and creating audio mashups while twisted on Methoxetamine. I also use MXE when double checking my HW, or practicing writing Chinese Characters.

Usually, I use psychedelics for creative inspiration, it's hard sometimes to both be in the experience and transcribe it simultaneously. I usually end up sacrificing the quality of the experience or the art itself.

A combination that I find creative and productive is adderrall and Mushrooms.

 

[iblewafuseinmymind]

It depends on where you want to be but there are several candidates I have in mind. For tryptamines 4-HO/AcO-MiPT is one that takes the gold for creativity enhancement. I tend to get literally "lost" in flights of the mind. Thinking of characters and scenerios that evolve into something large out of a seemingly empty inkling. Though it is one that seems to force the mind into solitary reflection just as cubensis experiences may initiate a desire to isolate yourself.

For instance on 10mg of Mipracetin I took a walk on the beach with headphones on and the flight of thought began. I thought of a story of a man who enters a coma and discovers the ability to communicate through nearby audio devices (clock radio, television). Those around him are shocked and the paranormal phenomena quickly becomes an international headline. The man requests for a fictional chemist/psychopharmacologist from Umeå to bring DMT and Ketamine to the site and have both individuals dosed intravenously so that the comatose man can guide the chemist into his own brain and into the chemist's brain to teach the chemist the secrets of the mind through microscopic astral travel in the real time zone. Observing receptor binding with astral sight first hand the comatose man reveals that only a particular combination of psychoactive compounds; some of which may never have been synthesized will open the doors necessary for his escape. Through frequent travels into eachother's mind's observing binding affinities/mechanisms for a variety of psychedelics the chemist concludes the best candidates would be 25T21-NBOMe, Dextroamphetamine, and Salvia Divinorum to open the doors necessary. All of this came about in roughly 3 minutes and probably could make a damn good read if written well! As a tryptamine the only one that comes close is Psilacetin. However I personally find this more effective for musical thought. 4-HO-MET is a good one I can play music on and feel a lot from but its much more "empty" to me than Miprocin or Mipracetin. Although it sounds like other people feel strongly about Metocin I find it to be more of a very strong trip that lacks the internal depth of its Methylisopropyl cousin.

I only use psychedelics for creative inspiration and self exploration personally. Amongst other gems I found 10-12mg of 2C-T-21 to be a very dark, maddening, and euphoric beast. Its dissociating enough to free depressive restraint yet deep enough to catapult you into a creative flight like a pinball clashing in a machine of thought. I believe it to inhibit MAO somewhat so approach with caution if you can find it.

Finally DOM is a wonderful character. You can almost climb to higher thought the way adderall assists individuals with learning deficits in studies. To me its loosely interpreted as a psychedelic adderall. Very philosophical and serious. Wonderful for writers, musicians, and artists.

I like RC's much more than L because I can still hold onto attributes that inhibit productivity. After reading the previous post above I'd love to try 4-meo-PCP and DOM.

Hope that gives a little insight.

 

[Eye]

It depends on where you want to be but there are several candidates I have in mind. For tryptamines 4-HO/AcO-MiPT is one that takes the gold for creativity enhancement. I tend to get literally "lost" in flights of the mind. Thinking of characters and scenerios that evolve into something large out of a seemingly empty inkling. Though it is one that seems to force the mind into solitary reflection just as cubensis experiences may initiate a desire to isolate yourself.

For instance on 10mg of Mipracetin I took a walk on the beach with headphones on and the flight of thought began. I thought of a story of a man who enters a coma and discovers the ability to communicate through nearby audio devices (clock radio, television). Those around him are shocked and the paranormal phenomena quickly becomes an international headline. The man requests for a fictional chemist/psychopharmacologist from Umeå to bring DMT and Ketamine to the site and have both individuals dosed intravenously so that the comatose man can guide the chemist into his own brain and into the chemist's brain to teach the chemist the secrets of the mind through microscopic astral travel in the real time zone. Observing receptor binding with astral sight first hand the comatose man reveals that only a particular combination of psychoactive compounds; some of which may never have been synthesized will open the doors necessary for his escape. Through frequent travels into eachother's mind's observing binding affinities/mechanisms for a variety of psychedelics the chemist concludes the best candidates would be 25T21-NBOMe, Dextroamphetamine, and Salvia Divinorum to open the doors necessary. All of this came about in roughly 3 minutes and probably could make a damn good read if written well! As a tryptamine the only one that comes close is Psilacetin. However I personally find this more effective for musical thought. 4-HO-MET is a good one I can play music on and feel a lot from but its much more "empty" to me than Miprocin or Mipracetin. Although it sounds like other people feel strongly about Metocin I find it to be more of a very strong trip that lacks the internal depth of its Methylisopropyl cousin.

I only use psychedelics for creative inspiration and self exploration personally. Amongst other gems I found 10-12mg of 2C-T-21 to be a very dark, maddening, and euphoric beast. Its dissociating enough to free depressive restraint yet deep enough to catapult you into a creative flight like a pinball clashing in a machine of thought. I believe it to inhibit MAO somewhat so approach with caution if you can find it.

Finally DOM is a wonderful character. You can almost climb to higher thought the way adderall assists individuals with learning deficits in studies. To me its loosely interpreted as a psychedelic adderall. Very philosophical and serious. Wonderful for writers, musicians, and artists.

I like RC's much more than L because I can still hold onto attributes that inhibit productivity. After reading the previous post above I'd love to try 4-meo-PCP and DOM.

Hope that gives a little insight.

Excellent, thank you!