Hi
I'm a french artist, i created a toy brand and an experimental music label
i prepare myself for entering university as a student in phyto medicine in Paris, it has been three years now since i read, buy and learn from plants and phytochemicals every night/

I also started a podcast baded on music, comics, art and knowledge, psycho active plants are a fun part of it too, so as soon as the website is online (we already recorded 3 shows) i'll put links on the forum.
I've been reading you guys for 2 years now, i've done my share of crazy posts on other forums, and i was not ready yet, till now so i'm pretty happy cause you get it if you ve read, i'm a lot more in control of my dark "me" now than ever, and i can share good things and not losing myself in complaining how much life sucks, u know what i mean.
I want to add that forums such as this one guided me when i needed help to balance impulsive consumption disorders going from sexual addiction to various experiences that started around 13,14 years old with nutmeg or codeine, and mostly alcohol and got worse when i got troubles from many infected staphylococcus aureus surgeries and a life almost lived only trough computers or fictions.
I think about rare plants, essential oils, hand made tinctures, soaked barks, phytochemicals extracts and other synthetic chemicals have helped me a lot, i think about Kratom, Kava, Muna, sangre de drago, or even 5-meo-Mipt (proably still legal in France by the way as i'm writing this, and the worst facts are that my country made illegal three incredibles entheogenics like DMT, Iboga or Salvia divinorum before any research were conducted, and we dont have analog acts (only for cathinones but its not very clear and for sure concerned population dont know "sheet" about all this)
In my quest i also developped other little problems in order to fight bigger ones, so i'd like to find help and to share successes as well.

Thanks for being one of the most ethical forum and knowledge vault, i also love erowid and opiophile because these websites has been the most valuable source of informations and opened my mind to a new world of possible.
peace.

hi shovx, welcome to the nexus.

I'm glad the nexus and other sites on the net have helped you along on your way. May I ask what kind of music it is you make? You say you are an artist, does this mean only music, or do you do other types of art as well?

I'm sure you'll find being part of the community even more rewarding than just reading the info here. There's a chat and a pleathora of members here with all kinds of different specialties, knowledge, views, theories, etc., so there's more to learn than just chemistry

cheers

Thanks for the welcome
yes i mostly write almost everyday (so notebooks with drawings and poems, and hip hop madness trance oriented for acid clunk music (club & crunk ?))
But i also was doing videos few years ago, and mixing VHS experiences, with photoshop stop motion part in it or feedback of classical movie scenes totally screwed.
One of my best mate and artist i produced is Dino Felipe from Miami, but recently after my son is born, i ve difficult times being productive as a musician and remixer, so i did not released any records for 2 years now. But i wont be the first...
I also touched 3D softwares, and did funny trials, and also did some flyers back in 2000 for partys and IDM clubbin events...
WOW i even created that brand www.nekomori.fr
can check it out
for the music check it here www.rolax.org
Thanks