7 Vices of a Creative Person

Originally written August 3, 2010

7 Vices of a Creative Person
Article by D.A. Blyler
Salon.com

1) Be A Drinker
- alcohol is a tool to feed creativity and social discoure
- alcohol is a way to "lace the mind on a different plane"
- to drink is to be social
- "the occasional bender can be can be a rather helpful mystical experience"
- Sobriety diminishes, discriminates and says, NO while drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes! - Henry James

2) Begin with a smoke
- Fletcher Knebel: smoking is the leading cause of statistics
- Smoking has a relaxing influence and allows the mind to empty itself, enabling new thoughts to enter

3) Gamble
- "Gambling is at the heart of every worthwhile accomplishment in life"
- It is not until the end of life that we know whether we've won or lost.

4) Oysters
"The oyster is more beautiful than any religion. Nothing in Buddhism or Christianity matches its sympathetic unselfishness. - Saki.
- We don't eat for the good of living but for the enjoyment of it.

5) Fashion first then seek to be understood.

- Comfort for comfort's sake numbs the mind
- We eat to please ourselves but dress to please others - Ben Franklin

6) Sex

Omar Sharif: Sex is a communion with a woman. The bed is our holy table. There I find passion and purification.

Purification is extremely important because it is needed to begin anew.

7) Abuse the Card

Hunter S. Thompson: Abuse your credit for all it's worth.