Could've sworn he once made a joke that the high he got from paint fumes were an added bonus of wand making, but I couldn't find the clip. Intentional or not, he 100% did not adequately vent his old apartment; the unit above his
could not be rented out because of the smoke and paint fumes he'd been farting out for years on end. I am personally convinced that his time spent sitting in that toxic miasma contributed the most to his decline. Spray paint artists wear a respirator even when they're outdoors, much less inside a studio apartment... must have smelled terrible in there.