“I slam my fist on the table. ‘We need a book about the 7 Vices of Highly Creative People before the whole country ends up in a straitjacket!’ Bobby agrees enthusiastically, grabs a stack of napkins and begins writing. All the years we’ve spent studying history and literature are finally paying off. It isn’t easy. But after six hours and five pitchers we finish the job.”
From the opening to one of Salon‘s most popular essays, “The 7 Vices of Highly Creative People” by poet, author, and playwright D.A. Blyler.
(via Metafilter user The Devil Tesla, who cleverly offers Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on nurturing creativity as a much needed counterbalance.)
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Delicious. Can’t say I disagree with very much of it!
I especially like the notice Fitzgerald put up: “Weekend guests are respectfully notified that the invitation to stay over Monday issued by the host-hostess during the small hours of Sunday morning must not be taken seriously.” That way they’d get to indulge their excessively generous impulses when drunk, and not be obliged to follow through on them when sober! Everybody wins. Genius indeed.
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