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  What It Takes To Make Fine Art!

Posted by FoM on January 07, 1999 at 09:49:32 PT
 

In a survey reported in the latest edition of the artists newsletter studio notes, artists were asked about the effect of mind-altering practices such as meditation, trance, music or the like or substances, alcohol, drugs, tobacco, caffeine on the creative process. 
Respondents wrote about coffee and cigarettes, Zen meditation, vodka, chocolate, psychedelics and in-depth Jungian analysis. One of the most intriguing anecdotes came from a woman who had submitted a batch of drawings to her art teacher at the end of a course. She was the best draftsman in the class, she wrote, and had sold some of her work to other students. The teacher looked at the work and asked, ``How much marijuana do you smoke?'' ``I said a lot. He said he could tell. I was flabbergasted. Most artistic people must use drugs at one time or another. The creativity is obvious all over the Internet!

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