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Does taking drugs enhance artist creativity?

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Jdurg:
This is a debate that has been going on for years, and there is no correct answer to it.  I wholeheartedly believe that drugs do inspire the creativity and imagination of the artists.  It provides an alternative view on normal things and allows them to write and create music and stories that they never would have thought of before.  However, drugs aren't going to take a talentless whore and turn him/her into a legend.  They just enhance what is already there for these individuals so the good artists tend to get even better.

The problem is that there is a lot of stresses and difficulties in the music/art industry, and these drugs become a way for the artists to escape from all that.  For many, it is a downward spiral that they can't get away from, and drugs become their only "escape".  One way or another, these folks were going to destroy their lives and the drugs just made it happen a bit quicker.  Those who die from their drug abuse were going to die anyway.  The drugs just, ironically enough, enhanced the tough times they were going through and they weren't strong enough to overcome those addictions.

shmokes:
Yeah . . . it's not like it has to be an either-or proposition.  There's absolutely no question that drug-Beatles are significantly better than non-drug Beatles.  Not that you want them to be high while they're playing a concert, but they were writing better music.  Same goes for Everclear.  Once that guy sobered up he wrote nothing but utter crap.  I think part of it may also be angst.  People with perfect lives have very little to write about.  Most great artists, whether musicians, writers, stand-up comics, etc., are pretty miserable in one way or another.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: shmokes on May 23, 2008, 02:15:11 am --- People with perfect lives have very little to write about.  Most great artists, whether musicians, writers, stand-up comics, etc., are pretty miserable in one way or another.

--- End quote ---

i think thats the important part. look how freaky heironomus bosch or salvador dalis  paintings were, how beautiful van goghs were. or how amazing mozart and beethoven were. all they had to console their angst was booze...

TOK:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on May 23, 2008, 07:16:26 am ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 23, 2008, 02:15:11 am --- People with perfect lives have very little to write about.  Most great artists, whether musicians, writers, stand-up comics, etc., are pretty miserable in one way or another.

--- End quote ---

i think thats the important part. look how freaky heironomus bosch or salvador dalis  paintings were, how beautiful van goghs were. or how amazing mozart and beethoven were. all they had to console their angst was booze...

--- End quote ---

Opiates were also available and uncontrolled. There is no telling what these guys may have been using. For sure, neither was a stranger to personal struggle and depression, even after becoming famous.
Check this out. This is after Motzart and Beethoven's era, but is still rather jarring to see.

Got a headache? Insist on genuine Bayer Heroin!  ;D

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: shmokes on May 23, 2008, 02:15:11 am ---There's absolutely no question that drug-Beatles are significantly better than non-drug Beatles.
--- End quote ---

Here's a question...

The non-drug Beatles were younger less experienced/less talented.

The drug Beatles were older more experienced/more talented.

My question is could the more experienced/more talented Beatles have been even better if they stayed away from the drugs?


--- Quote from: shmokes on May 23, 2008, 02:15:11 am ---

People with perfect lives have very little to write about.
--- End quote ---

The young Beatles grew up in a poor neighborhood in England.
The older (drugged) Beatles were rich and famous.  It seems like the better Beatles had perfect lives.


You either have talent or you don't.  A bad life might motivate you to use your talent, but it all comes down to talent.

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