Is it conceivably possible that the Immortal Bard could have been better

[The Lone Liberal]

Had he toked a bit while writing?

[skooooo]

1. Dylan did toke..

...In fact he introduced the Beatles to marijuana. Good question. Case closed.

:-)

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Who is to say he didn't????

Got any proof???? Links, please. And I don't mean golf courses or sausages, LMAO.

[NMDemDist2]

7. Pot was prevalent in the period

there is documentation that Queen Elizabeth and her court ladies used it for cramps.

So maybe he did.

[jpgray]

3. I think drugs are more experience modifiers than talent boosters

Millions do drugs, very few have anything worthwhile to add to the artistic scene. Doing drugs augments an artist, but it doesn't necessarily increase his abilities--it gives him something new to experience and apply those abilities to. Just my opinion, of course.

Toking *while* writing works better for words that can be tossed off like pop lyrics--precise use of language isn't really all there when you're zonked. But as I said before, drugs can help you expand your experiences, and that can help one's writing to some extent.

[The Lone Liberal]

4. To be or not to be...

Dude? Hmmm might be an improvement?

[jpgray]

5. Is this a dagger which I see before me... or is it a big sandwich?

:D

[aquart]

6. The delusion that drugs improve talent and creativity is a delusion.

[bloodyjack]

8. is that to say that drugs improve talent and creativity?

i dont know, i've read some terrible crap conceived by people in altered states. and tthese people wrote better music, verses, what-have-you when sober. perhaps they were just exceptional.