[MD] Drug User or Genius?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>:

> 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.

Good point. I understand geniuses are likely to be sex machines. That lets me
out. 



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