Posted by Adam on February 13, 2001, at 19:15:16
In reply to Creation stifled with AD, posted by Rach on February 12, 2001, at 1:22:22
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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