[MD] Drug User or Genius?

[david buchanan]

Platt asked Arlo:
Are you suggesting those who rob to feed their drug habit are better than 
Einstein or Picasso?

dmb says:
I recently learned that Picasso stole food and booze from his neighbors. He 
and his pals were abusing all sorts of substances and (gasp) rarely had 
proper jobs. He spent his money on prostitutes and intentionally left his 
door open when he painted in the nude with the hope of getting some hot 
passer-by action from the neighbor ladies. He had a pan that he used for 
both cooking and pissing. Even Einstein was a bit of a bohemian type back in 
those days. And yet almost everybody thinks these guys were among the 
greastest artists ever. I think this only makes sense. There is something 
about creativity that just doesn't mix well with a life of obedience and 
conformity to social norms. I don't know if rebelliousness is a necessary 
ingredient, exactly, but its something like that. Pirsig's term "contrarian" 
really works on a bunch of levels, I think.

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