I never did mushrooms and only did LSD like 5 times. But one time I contemplated the multitude of grass types when laying down on a meadow. Another time was on a short mountain trip, landed at a tourist shelter, there was a melody in all the kitchen noises. Also observing the tiny ecosystem at the riverside is something I will never forget. I don’t have this kind of patience or ability to being fascinated with the mundane normally.
Exactly, hard/easy depends on your background. It’s been almost 20 years since I worked with it, I’m sure there are ready made libraries or chips implementing 99% of the protocol these days.