Why are artists so often addicts?

A lot of junkies probably can't hold down real jobs for very long so they turn to art as a way of supporting their habit.

 

hehehehehehehe....

i said very much the same thing, but much more tactfully.

finally, someone's being more obnoxious than i am.

 

I was paraphrasing

 

for the junkies? that's very kind.

 

i love the word "junkies." lol. i'm going to try to use it three times today.

 

I don't think it's the whole "expand your mind for your art" stuff, probably becuase most artists tend to fall into the "tortured souls" category, so perhaps a way of coping?
Why does anyone do drugs. Same reason.

 

What?

Somehow I doubt it.
I'm an artist and not a junkie. Many junkies arn't artists.

 

Blunt and never-ending.

 

hehehe. don't get boosh started on logical fallacies, statements and such. he'll give you a headache.

 

Ok, I wont ask questions.

 

It's a pretty good word, but it still can't eclipse the phrase Crack Ho


Hotwater

 

too true...too true.

 

because they rely on the drugs for their creativity/inspiration, rather than finding it from within without the use of substances as many really good artist do nowadays

 

Human creativity has been on the decline since the advent of television



Hotwater

 

That's not really true, you just have to look a little harder to find it. And many artists don't rely on drugs for creativity, I don't.

 

No they rely on various forms and degree's of mental illness


Hotwater

 

What one earth are you talking about.
*Runs around in circles*

 

You're still young Given a few more years of disillusionment, you'll be right there with them.

 

You know, now that I think about it, most of the corporate people I work with have addictions as well. They're just as miserable and tortured as the artists I think.

 

My drug of choice tends to be vodka. But I don't drink it to expand my mind before I start drawing. I normally drink to help me finish a drawing.....I tend to hate my own work and won't finish. I still haven't finished the nude I was working on.....or the pictures I promised a forum member. So when I'm buzzed I don't give a rats ass how the picture turns out I just finish it.