Bryan Lewis Saunders is an artist who decided to carry out a risky experiment: to take a different drug every day and paint a self-portrait under the influence of the substance. A few weeks after suffering mild brain damage and becoming apathetic, he decided to continue the experiment but with more time between taking different drugs.

Here is what the artist himself said about the project:

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After experiencing drastic changes in my environment, I looked for other experiences that might profoundly affect my perception of the self. So I devised another experiment where everyday I took a different drug and drew myself under the influence. Within weeks I became lethargic and suffered mild brain damage. I am still conducting this experiment but over greater lapses of time. I only take drugs that are given to me.



These are some of the results of his experiment:





Abilify / Xanax / Ativan

(dosage unknown in hospital)




1 sm Glass of Absinth




10mg Adderall




10mg Ambien




15mg Buspar (snorted)





4 Butalbitals (doseage unknown)




1/2 gram Cocaine




2 bottles of Cough Syrup




1 "Bump" of Crystalmeth




1 shot of Dilaudid / 3 shots of Morphine

(in the ER with kidney stones)




Huffing Gas




Huffing Lighter Fluid




7.5mg Hydrocodone / 7.5mg Oxycodone / 3mg Xanax




3mg Klonopin




10mg Loritab




Marijuana (Kind Bud)




Morphine IV (doseage unknown)




Psilocybin Mushrooms (2 caps onset)




Nitrous Oxide




Nitrous Oxide / Valium I.V.

(doseage unknown in hospital)




PCP




7.5mg Percocet




2 Pot Brownies




Marijuana Resin




.5mg Risperdal (after 1 week prescribed)




Ritilin (doseage unknown-snorted)




Salvia Divinorum

(right before but mostly right after)




100mg Seroquel




20mg Valium




Valium I.V.

(doseage unknown in hospital)




2mg Xanax




50mg Zoloft

(after 2 weeks prescribed)




Ativan / Haloperidol

(doseage unknown in hospital)



I'm really curious to hear what you guys think about this project? It seems like a risky and stupid thing to do in the name of art...especially considering that he suffered brain damage. What do you think?