> Timothy Leary    

    I met the legendary philosopher, scientist and 60's icon Timothy Leary in 1988. His god daughter, Winona Ryder and I had just done two films (Beetlejuice,Heathers) and he, his wife Barbara and I began to spend time together.  He was not at all what I expected. I found him to be thoughtful and grounded and not nearly the space cadet that he is often depicted. He did indeed do drugs, but not in what I would consider an abusive way. He gave me the last tab of LSD that I ever did (or will do) in 1989. He took it from a small box on the mantle of his fireplace and told me it had been given to him recently by the drummer of The Grateful Dead. I could not resist one last experience with this hallucinogen when it was being offered by Timothy Leary. I remember tearing around Los Angeles in Barbara Leary's car thinking I was inside a bullet. No more acid for me, thanks.  I rung in 1990 with Timothy and Barbara at Atlas, a bar on Wilshire Blvd. and it was late in that year (November 6) that I took this clock portrait while Timothy sat listening to Paul Simon's "Spirit Voices".
 
    After his death, 7 grams of Mr. Leary's ashes were sent into orbit (along with 7 grams of Gene Roddenberry and others) and as far as I know he is still somewhere out there on his longest trip ever. According to his website (www.leary.com) his last words were "Why not?"

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