Seein Red

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

While I don't doubt your experiences, I do your assumption that there are more artists who don't, than who do. Mostly because no one has any real way of knowing what most artists do to inspire their creative process. There's no data to cite, and therefore no "false" statements.

Me personally? It's the company I'm with, rather than what I'm doing at the time, that inspires me the most. Usually though? That company involves the use of if not alcohol, than a significant amount of sugar and/or caffeine.

I guess most of my experience is with other writers, since I'm going through an English program. I don't know anyone that gets f*cked up before writing. Mostly because, well, you're f*cked up and it's hard to be poetic or terse in that state.

It's probably (I'm just guessing) more prevalent among visual artists and musicians. Although I have a friend at a very experimental music school, and not only does he staunchly avoid all forms of drugs, lots of other students there do too.