Replay: Michael Pollan on Psychoactive Plants, Chemicals and Us
PSYCHOACTIVE
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How to Write About a Psychodelic Experience
i was very nervous about it, cause i've read a lot of, you know, reall shitty trip reports we all have. You know, the chances are you'll bore them to tears. In the event, it was actually great fun, much more fun than i thought. And writing about this mescaline trip, too, was really fun. What unlocked it for me was understanding that i was writing for people who probably hadn't had this experience,. Many of my readers, and i needed to address them directly about what i imagined were thinking about what i just said. I could totally cut loose. There's no fact checking, right? I'm the expert on this story.
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