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From:
steve
To:
EggyToast , steve , Gause, Brian ,
Date:
Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:55:24 -0800
Subject:
Re: [idm] art, Miles, drugs + gratuitious Hk imitation
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you're absolutely right...when I'm recreationally using prozac I'm not myself at all. sure, chemical use, alcohol...caffeine (low grade legal speed..has all the same side effects!!!! wooo poor another cup!!!!)...all that shit man. makes me forget about all the shit people stuck in my head as a child and then I just do what the fuck i feel like and not worry about society's "rules" for proper behavior. ----------
quoted 2 lines From: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>>From: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu> >To: "steve " <saw123@ixpres.com>, "Gause, Brian" <bgause@sectorbase.com>,
idm@hyperreal.org
quoted 3 lines Subject: Re: [idm] art, Miles, drugs + gratuitious Hk imitation>Subject: Re: [idm] art, Miles, drugs + gratuitious Hk imitation >Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2000, 9:43 PM >
quoted 38 lines but, as far as drugs/creativity ...I think drugs just make you more of who> >> >>but, as far as drugs/creativity ...I think drugs just make you more of who >>you already are...as far as your personality goes....that doesn't mean that >>they make you more you but just accentuate different parts of your >>personality....plus maybe you just look at things a little differently or >>maybe develop new methods or something > > i disagree with the statement "drugs just make you more of who you already > are", and state the massive articles out there on ritalin as my supporting > argument. > > i *do* believe that chemical use can lower inhibition, and since a lot of > current lifestyles center around very straightlaced patterns and stress > situations, such a "letting loose" helps in lowering inhibitions of a > creative person locked in a non-creative lifestyle. > > but it's the same as people saying "i'm going out to the country to do some > writing". they're getting away to let their creative sides come > out. whether this is a form of escapism or not is up for debate (although > likely not on this list), but the truth is that the creative side has > always been there. they just don't find a way to express it in their > "normal" lifestyle, and often need to find some way to either a) lower > inhibitions or b) escape in order to express their creativity. > > later on cats! > Dk! > > ----------- > "Extremism is no vice when God's on your side" > -Opus the Penguin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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