Unfortunately, as is too often the case that with psychotropic drugs, one person's creative fuel can mean the demise of another. Artist and writer Unica Zürn is a case in point: Zürn met Michaux in Paris in 1957 and spent that year partaking in Michaux's mescaline-driven experimentations into human consciousness. While artistically productive, their liaison sent her already fragile mental health into a downward spiral. She spent the rest of her life in and out of psychiatric clinics, and jumped from the balcony of her apartment in 1970. Zürn's story is dark, and the work she made during her time with Michaux, and during her subsequent hospital stays, shows the struggle of an artist holding on for dear life by the tip of her brush.To see more of Tofer Chin's work, go here. Lose yourself in Henri Michaux's frenetic squiggles here, and read an extensive account of Unica Zürn's life and work here. Stay tuned for more High Art, only on Creators.