Brion Gysin

Brion Gysin was a British writer, painter, and performance artist. He created the cut-up poetry technique, used by William Burroughs. Burroughs described him as "the only man I ever respected". He may have been the man to invent weed brownies. Also, he was credited with inventing the dream machine with Ian Somerville. A contributor of the beat generation, he was an influence in music, literature, and art. He died at the age of 70 from lung cancer.