chronic
old and in the way
I took my first acid in 1970 (though I suppose it could have been early '71). It was a half hit of 4-way blue-dot blotter and was very strong. I had no idea what to expect. It went something like this:
Friend: I have some acid. Wanna try it?
Me: Sure!
The rest is blurry history. I do remember walking past the old Venice police station just as the drug was taking effect and then sitting in a house in the Venice Canals (which was a hippie enclave at the time) a little later, staring at the abstract electrical pattern of reflections on the water, when this fucking photo-realistic duck swam right through the middle of it and turned everything bad.
Not sure what possessed me to try it again, since for the most part it was not a good experience, but try it I did... many times... and never had another bad trip (though there were a few times that were kind of tense like the time some friends and I were frying our heads off and got stopped and questioned by the police). Had some great experiences with it actually, especially in the woods and in Big Sur.
Thanks for the link to the blotter art, Black Swan. I didn't see anything there that looked familiar though.
Note: Anyone interested in the whole history of LSD should read Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion by Lee and Shlain and Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream by Jay Stevens. Both are really entertaining reads and highly recommended.
Friend: I have some acid. Wanna try it?
Me: Sure!
The rest is blurry history. I do remember walking past the old Venice police station just as the drug was taking effect and then sitting in a house in the Venice Canals (which was a hippie enclave at the time) a little later, staring at the abstract electrical pattern of reflections on the water, when this fucking photo-realistic duck swam right through the middle of it and turned everything bad.
Not sure what possessed me to try it again, since for the most part it was not a good experience, but try it I did... many times... and never had another bad trip (though there were a few times that were kind of tense like the time some friends and I were frying our heads off and got stopped and questioned by the police). Had some great experiences with it actually, especially in the woods and in Big Sur.
Thanks for the link to the blotter art, Black Swan. I didn't see anything there that looked familiar though.
Note: Anyone interested in the whole history of LSD should read Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion by Lee and Shlain and Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream by Jay Stevens. Both are really entertaining reads and highly recommended.
