LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug
In college I lived with artists.  A few of their artist friends come over with big sketch pads, pencils and whatever else artists use.  They all drop acid while telling me they can't wait to see their amazing creations once their minds are opened.  I went out for a few hours and came back to find them all sitting around the living room.<p>One sketch pad had a long black squiggle on it, the same design you'd make if you fell asleep while holding a pen to paper, and the rest had even less (One was literally two 1" lines forming a 90 degree angle).  The next day they described the night as a huge success even though they never really attained any of their stated goals.<p>I don't doubt they had a good time, but seeing them utterly fail to use the drug as a tool kinda makes me skeptical of the productive benefits.<p>As a side note, if you want your ego stroked then ask a student artist for his opinion of your work.  In the two years I lived with artists not a single negative comment was spoken by a student of anyone else's work.  It was a guaranteed self-congratulatory feedback loop.