Creativity, specifically boosting creativity and productivity, has long been discussed to have been associated with cannabis consumption. Plenty of great artists have been said to use cannabis products or strains to help with their masterpiece.
If you think all of these iconic artists didn’t have some sort of vice, then you’re wrong. Picasso, Van Gogh, and everyone else in their era was drinking way too much Absinth. Pipes of smoked opium were also found in Shakespeare’s home.
In Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821), Thomas De Quincey writes with Suspira on impassioned prose: opium-inspired, ornate dream narratives that straddled the line between poems and essay. He says:
“Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation, and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly invigorates it.”
In Les ParadisArtificiels (The Artificial Paradise), Charles Baudelaire also comments:
“Opium magnifies that which is limitless, Lengthens the unlimited, Makes time deeper, hollows out voluptuousness, And with dark, gloomy pleasures Fills the soul beyond its capacity.”
Charles also experimented with marijuana and published ‘The Poems of Hashish” which were later translated into English by Aleister Crowley. He comments:
“It is time to leave on one side all this jugglery, these big marionettes, born of the smoke of childish brains. Have we not to speak of more serious things — of modifications of our human opinions, and, in a word, of the more of hashish?”
The most common symptoms of marijuana include a rising feeling, acute perception of physicality, extreme sensitivity, a little hard to think forward (what do I want to do /say next, eating sensations are novel and entertaining, trouble remembering things). This boils us down to a conclusion that somehow, marijuana relaxes the conscious, critical mind, and making workflow more natural. This may also increase lateral brain connections that easily help you spot connections and relate interesting ideas that aren’t obvious to the conscious mind.
These claims may appear to be suspicious, which is why the author tried inducing drugs in the system when writing this article. Although the author was more attentive to details, work is much slower than usual and there seems to be difficulty in holding a train of thought. In conclusion, this demands undivided attention and can only work best in single activities where you don’t deal with multiple things at once.
But of course, too much of everything is simply too much. It’s recommended for marijuana consumers and creativity enthusiasts – once or twice a month at the most should be plenty. Additionally, it is said that this works best if one needed to brainstorm or visualize a certain scene or idea, instead of simply relying on it to produce.
Here’s a shortlist of the best weed for creativity, according to the author of this article.
- BC Pink Kush – Said to have enhanced visualization or imagery. Scenes are vivid and important details or scenes are easy to pay attention to.
- Pomegranate Blueberry Acai 5:1 Sour Soft Chews – Said to give you a sharp and clear mind, also helps boost your confidence. A little bit disorganized here and there, but enough to write cleanly and articulately.
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