Dali, though not a true paranoid, was able to simulate a paranoid state, without the use of drugs, and upon his return to "normal perspective" he would paint what he saw and envisioned therein.

It stems in part from an age-centered perspective, in which we view our own age as the most normal of times, the way all life should be.

Leaving your normal life behind can give you the freedom to see issues from another perspective.