Platt, DMB, There is ample historical correlation between creative enlightenment of genius and use of drugs of the kind we'd call psychedelics. There is even work to explain likely causal connections.
Those who "steal" to feed drug "habits" clearly have a social problem, rather than an intellectual one. Ian On 3/29/07, david buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Platt asked Arlo: > Are you suggesting those who rob to feed their drug habit are better than > Einstein or Picasso? > > dmb says: > I recently learned that Picasso stole food and booze from his neighbors. He > and his pals were abusing all sorts of substances and (gasp) rarely had > proper jobs. He spent his money on prostitutes and intentionally left his > door open when he painted in the nude with the hope of getting some hot > passer-by action from the neighbor ladies. He had a pan that he used for > both cooking and pissing. Even Einstein was a bit of a bohemian type back in > those days. And yet almost everybody thinks these guys were among the > greastest artists ever. I think this only makes sense. There is something > about creativity that just doesn't mix well with a life of obedience and > conformity to social norms. I don't know if rebelliousness is a necessary > ingredient, exactly, but its something like that. Pirsig's term "contrarian" > really works on a bunch of levels, I think. > > _________________________________________________________________ > i'm making a difference.Make every IM count for the cause of your choice. > Join Now. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0080000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtagline > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
