DMT

This wasn't supposed to be a drug-inspired picture, but as usual I can't really control how my pictures turn out. DMT or N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, is found in many plants and animals. Even we humans have got this compound within our brains, It is apparently released in large amounts at the moment of death, and many believe this molecule to be a sacred passage between life and death.

The plants containing this substance are common as entheogens and they are still used today to come into contact with your spiritual self and with other worlds. I really have no opinion about all of this, but since I'm going to experience the effects of DMT when I die, I can't help but get a little bit curious about why and what it would be like.

For those interested in this subject there is a lot of information out there. DMT: the Spirit Molecule is a documentary on the subject, at Erowid.org you can find out more about peoples experiences with this substance and there are books written about it as well.

From what I've heard you can also legally and free of charge try this drug in various contries, in and outside of Europe, at church-like facilities. I'm not sure if I would dare to do this though, or if I recommend anybody else to do it either.

The plant the man in fetal position is holding is called Psychotria Virdis and is used for experiences with DMT. The molecule protruding from the plant is, as you've probably guessed, a model of a DMT-molecule.

Mescaline with Justin Bieber

In English:
So, this is the second picture in my postercampain for psychadelic drugs! And by now I have decided to feature our beloved Justin Bieber in every one of these pictures, which may prove quite difficult as he seems to be posing the same way on every picture you can find on Google. Anyway, the drug this poster is supposed to symbolize is mescaline, a fenetylamine that naturally occurs in different types of cacti, of which the most famous would probably be peyote. Due to this I chose to replace the top of Justins head with one of these cacti, and as peyote (as well as most other kind of succulents and cacti) grows in the desert, I chose the desert as the pictures setting.

Other things I've read about this drug is that it alters your perception of time - a minute might seem like eternity, an hour may pass in the blink of an eye. This I try to represent by making mr Biebers right eye look old and blind, while the other still looks young, though somewhat fucked up. Other common effects of the drug is nausea, visual hallucinations (living objects, like plants, apparently seem very strange while high on this substance, and to some people extraordinarily beautiful), "magic" patterns, etc, which inspired some of the background, and the smaller Justin, throwing up a flower.


På Svenska:
Så var jag klar med den andra bilden i mitt affischkampanj för psykedeliska droger! Har nu bestämt mig för att ha med vår käre Justin i alla dessa bilder, vilket kanske kommer bli svårt då han poserar ungefär likadant på varenda jävla bild. Hur som helst är drogen som bilden ska representera meskalin, som är en psykoaktiv fenetylamin som naturligt uppstår i olika typer av kaktusar, varav den mest kända borde vara peyote-kaktusen. Denna kaktus valde jag alltså att använda som toppen av Justins huvud, och då den växer i öknen använde jag mig av just öknen som setting.
Andra saker jag läst om drogen är att den gör det svårt för en att uppfatta tid, att en minut kan kännas som en evighet och att en timme kan flyta förbi på ett ögonblick. Detta försökte jag representera genom att låta Biebers ena öga se gammalt och rynkigt ut, medan det andra ser ungt men något vridet ut. en annan av drogens effekter är tydligen också att man ska se skönhet i växter och liknande under ett meskalinrus, samt må illa, så då tyckte jag att det passade bra med en extra Bieber i bakgrunden som kräktes ut en blomma. 
Gamen som cirkulerar i vänstra toppen av bilden lade jag mest till för att fylla ut bilden, men kan väl även symbolisera rädsla, som man säkert kan känna stundvis under inflytandet av en såpass stark drog.

ENG: Here's some of the pictures I used:
SV: Här är ett par av bilderna jag använt mig av:

ENG: The clouds in this picture are taken from:
SV: Molnen i bilden är tagna från:
http://cloudery.wordpress.com/gallery-two-large-works/untitled_lw2_rgb/