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His canvases sell for up to $25,000. >> it's my favorite way to work. >> using marijuana? >> yeah. >> he has been painting for 14 years, smoking for even longer. he says it makes him feel more relaxed, but most importantly for him, he says it makes him less critical of his own work. >> stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. >> amir does caution that it's a delicate balance for him. >> it would make me apprehensive, maybe a little paranoid. just too analytical. >> you can get paranoid and have disorganized thinking. you get disorient...

Responsible for things like pleasure, memory, learning, sensation, sense of time and space, coordination, movement, appetite and other drives shall we say. so it's sort of an all-over impact. >> so reward, pleasure, hunger. you have this overall feeling of well being, they say. >> that all sounds pretty good. >> it does sound pretty good. >> and it's not just feeling good, but there is this phenomenon reported by many smokers over the years, especially famous artists, the ability to be more creative. >> when you feel that high, there's sort of a release of dopamine, and your brain has the abil...

So it's sort of an overall impact, right? >> so reward, pleasure, hunger. you have this overall feeling of wellbeing they say. that all sounds pretty good. >> it does sound pretty good. >> and it's not just feeling good, but there is this phenomenon reported by many smokers over the years, especially famous artists, the ability to be more creative. >> when you feel that high, there's sort of a release of dopamine, and your brain has the ability now to perceive things slightly differently from the way you might have if you hadn't been smoking pot. what you really see is this reduction in inhibi...

$25,000. >> it's my favorite way to work. >> using marijuana? >> yeah. >> he has been painting for 14 years, smoking for even longer. he says it makes him feel more relaxed, but most importantly for him, he says it makes him less critical of his own work. >> stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. >> amir does caution that it's a delicate balance for him. >> it would make me apprehensive, maybe a little paranoid. just too analytical. >> you can get paranoid and have disorganized thinking. you get disoriented. it can be uncomfortable....

That's something that painter amir says helps him be more creative. >> a successful artist. his canvases sell for up to $25,000. >> it's my favorite way to work. >> using marijuana? >> yeah. >> he's been painting for 14 years. smoking for even longer. he says it makes him feel more relaxed, but most importantly for him, he says it makes him less critical of his own work. >> stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. >> amir does caution that it's a delicate balance for him. >> it would make me very apprehensive, maybe a little paranoid....