Drugs.

Earlier today I was reading about this really amazing guy. For the life of me, his name won't come back to me, and I wish it would.  Anyway, this guy is an artist who painted an array of faces based on  the effect of different drugs. I was immediately intrigued. When I finally went through the gallery of photos they blew me away. As I continued to read the actual story I read the artist took some of the drugs that he manifested into works of art. Knowing that sort of concerned me, (how can you even take drugs like LSD and Codiene and simply walk away?) but then it made me all the more convinced of his talent because it seems he captured everyone of the dependencies  perfectly. Interestingly enough, it was the last installment that stayed with me the most. His last drug of choice was love. His painting of the brain stimulated by love and what I'm assuming what it looks like in the mind when it is in love, legitimately made my eyes water. At first, I didn't quite understand why he would choose love and express in terms of a sort of contraband. But I would be being  naive to say that love, falling into it and surviving through it is not a mind-altering experience. Love is a very powerful thing. Making the most sane people irrational while simultaneously bringing clarity to even the most cluttered minds. I think it's really brilliant  that, falling and being in love doesn't feel the same with every new person we decide to to take that risk for. With one person, falling in love can feel like a light breeze and sunshine on your face. Another person can make you feel something entirely different. The more I think about it,the more I realize this guy was really on to something. Not everyone is going to react to the same drug in the same way, every single time. Why should love be any different? In my few experiences with the subject, falling in love felt calm, soothing, giddy and warm open. In my most recent experience, it's sort of like drowning and getting the opportunity to take in air at the same time. Painful  and scary divine and wonderful all at once. So I guess in a way, the artist guy really did hit the nail on the head. Love is trippy, but worth it if you do it right.