What music? What hallucinogens? I decided to take a year off after I graduated from high school. It was a pretty great year and one of the nights that stands out the most is when I camped out on the Potowatami trail in Michigan with some friends. We all dropped acid and went swimming at sunset. Man, was that fun. The pink from the setting sun bounced all over the water, and when I put my head under the water it felt like I could hear everything going on in that lake from the swimmers to the boats and all the laughter etc. It was awesome. When we got out of the water and dried off, I was drawn to a tree up on a hill about 25 yards from our camp site. As I sat there, one of my friends put on #thebeatles Abbey Road. I've never felt more connected to music, nature and everything all at once. The knots in the tree started to swirl and move in accordance to the rhythms of the songs. Faces in the tree started to emerge and seemed friendly. It was crazy. It was awesome. It was definitely "beautiful."