Word: art
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While some students may take a toke before picking up the paintbrush, Pierre is wary of the consequences of drug use and their effects compromising the integrity of her art. She is determined to pursue her painting with an unadulterated state of mind...
...don’t particularly like all the stuff The Beatles did when they were high. I think it cheapens everything,” Pierre says. “[Drug use] does get in the way of art making and an honest representation of your skills... I think it’s possible for people to produce good work when they’re high. But if you rely upon that as your sole artistic inspiration, it’s an awful thing. What happens when you don’t have access...
...commonly given to interested test subjects to gauge the drug’s effects and was found to disinhibit normal sensory perceptions, launching the artist into a potentially productive psychedelic experience. These more psychoactive drugs can actually become a type of muse that influence the content of the art, the most famous example of these acid trips being “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds...
Still, as one poet emphasizes, “If you want [your art] to be accessible to a lot of people, [drug use] is unlikely to be a regular thing...
Owing to their awareness of the dangers of approaching their art from a drugged-out perspective, Harvard students continue to smoke and drink before, during, and after working, but only occasionally. These artists pull their art from a core of genuine creativity...