While Blotter is a book about psychedelic culture, it is also a book about art. Blotter acid was and remains illegal, but blotter art plays a role in the contemporary art scene. The art blotter ...

The first LSD blotter I ever saw was in 1971. It had a line drawing of the R. Crumb character Mr. Natural imprinted on every four-hit square.

He is also one of the founders of Alembic, a center in Berkeley, California, devoted to meditation, movement, and visionary arts and culture. Enjoy our talk about the hysteria surrounding LSD, the ...