This list has an array of mushrooms, from singular ones to clusters of them! Have fun, and take your time drawing.
Top 5 Creative Things To Try While On Shrooms
Today’s April 21st, which means Happy World Creativity and Innovation Day!! Let’s get those creative juices flowing.
Fresh off of Bicycle Day (the psychedelic Xmas for trippers all over), there’s a new reason to celebrate! The United Nations has marked April 21, 2021 as a day to celebrate the creative economy. ‘Tis the perfect time to reflect on how creativity and innovation has kept us afloat — especially after a ghastly year of COVID lockdowns.
“The creative industries are critical to the sustainable development agenda. They stimulate innovation… support entrepreneurship, and contribute to cultural diversity.” — Isabelle Durant, UNCTAD Acting Secretary-General
So to observe the day, we’ve put our heads together to give you the TOP 5 creative things to do while on shrooms and truffles!! (Not to worry, we’ve tailored them just right for lockdown. No extra costs).
No. 1: Draw or Paint a Self-Portrait (While on Shrooms)
Have you ever tried making a self-portrait?
Not a selfie on camera, but a sketch or painting of yourself in all your glory. For most adults, drawing our own faces on paper can be scary. Not just coz it’s hard, technical-wise. After all, kids love to draw squiggles of themselves with crayons! So why is it so freakin hard now that we’re getting older?
Experts say that self-portraits are the essence of your soul… a reflection of your true self at that point in your life. Drawing yourself requires that you ask the hardest question of all time: “Who am I?” And not everyone can wax philosophical for an answer.
Here’s the good news! Magic mushrooms and truffles can help you deal with artist’s block (and other pesky obstacles to your self-realisation).
Artist Bryan Lewis Saunders took a different drug every day for 50 days… He drew a self-portrait right after taking ‘em. Like this zany one on psilocybin mushrooms!
Psilocybin — the psychoactive ingredient in shrooms and truffles — can give you a spike in new ideas, energy, and focus. Microdosing truffles can boost your productivity for basic tasks, such as studying for exams or crunching numbers. But did you know that going on a full-on trip can help unlock your creative potential? In a 2019 study, Dr. Natasha Mason found a link between shrooms and creativity:
“We found that psilocybin, when taken in a naturalistic setting, increased aspects of creativity and empathy the morning after, and 7 days after use.”
No. 2: Bake Some Shroomy Cupcakes
Cupcakes are one of the most delicious things on earth. Chocolate, vanilla, red velvet cupcakes. Not only are these devilish cups of cream yummy AF, they are also very easy to make. Just splooge all the ingredients in a bowl, whisk into a silky smooth batter, lick the leftover mixture, pour into cupcake moulds, and BAKE. That’s it!
For a shroomy twist, why not add some chopped magic truffles to the cupcake mixture? Don’t worry about any ”intense” trip either, as psilocybin rarely goes 100% trippy on a full stomach. (For an in-depth explanation on how food can affect your trip, check out our blog
Magic Truffle Cupcakes (Recipe)*
Yield: 10 magic truffle cupcakes
Prep time: 15 mins.
Bake time: 15 mins.
- 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoons and ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ cup and 2 tablespoons and ½ teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅔ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons and ⅘ teaspoon butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons and ⅘ teaspoon white sugar
- 2 eggs
- ⅖ teaspoon and ⅔ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup and 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup chopped magic truffles
Step 1
Warm up your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Put some wax paper or foil liners in a muffin tray. For the flour mixture, sift the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
Step 2
In a bowl, whisk the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, then stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk; beat well. Add chopped magic truffles. Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full.
Step 3
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the warm oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Frost with your favorite frosting when cool. Top with more chopped truffles, coz why not?
*adapted from the basic Chocolate Cupcakes recipe from allrecipes.com
Fantastical Fungi
Mushrooms with that little extra twinkle just feel right, don’t they? The pair is a favorite to draw and would look darling framed on a child’s bedroom wall.
I started by angling my caps in the way I wanted and drew the beginning of stems outward to frame everything. Once all of that got settled, I returned to fill out both of the ideas more fully.
Solo Mushroom
For the beginners or the minimalists out there! A mushroom in its simplest form, for anyone to draw and to add or even subtract anything else from the image.
Here I started by marking where the base would be, then drew the cap in a corresponding space, and then connected the two once happy with the positioning.
Polka Dot Mushroom
This little mushroom is another variation of a mushroom further down on the list.
Here, I have gone with a simple polka-dotted top with matching vegetal elements in the background–feel free to do the same with whatever color you choose.
Here, start with the foreground–the mushroom–then move to any greenery that will get added. Make it larger or smaller; remember to start with an anchoring part to get the spacing right.
