Posted by Adam on February 13, 2001, at 19:32:27
In reply to Re: Creation stifled with AD, posted by Adam on February 13, 2001, at 19:15:16
Dang it. Burroughs. Never could spell :).
> I hope you feel less shy soon.
>
> I've been interested for a while in this suspicion that ADs stifle
> creativity. Maybe happier people just aren't as creative, ADs or no,
> or put their creativity to other uses than sad poetry.
>
> BUT, what if there were something to the suspicion. This thing people
> call the "muse". What is it? If you're like me, and assume everything
> boils down to chemicals at some basic level, the idea of "muses" and
> flashes of creativity or intuition is truly fascinating. It begs the
> question, certainly, of where or how these fertile impulses originate.
> If creativity is related to something physiological, I suppose it is at
> least possible that a medication could influence it. I'm left thinking
> of the post-beat years when the Burrowses and the Ginsbergs were
> fairly happy to sample the pharmacopia (as prescribed by Leary), and
> looked to psychoactives for new ideas.
>
> My take on the acid trip: People who dwell on it, or rely on it all
> sound the same. I just think, dude, you're stoned. Go drink some
> grapefruit juice and take a nap.
>
> 'Hate to think other drugs are equally stultifying.
>
>
>
> > I have also found that I write better when depressed, and that my anti depressants certianly stifle any creative impulse.
> >
> > I love writing so much - but find it so hard at the moment. Beautiful writing, Adam. I'm too shy to post anything.
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