A pink pillow beneath a small floating staircase leading into a dark plum cloud and a glowing doorway.

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M.C. Escher

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A dry joke about not needing outside help to see strange things. The speaker says their own dreams are already unsettling enough, so nothing else is required. It's a wry way of saying the imagination alone can supply plenty of vivid, eerie material.

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