LIFE

Tapping into creativity and Edibles

I use Medical Marijuana, yet I forget the biggest advantage of having a medical marijuana card is the privilege to sample all the different strains and varieties. The basics are Indica, Sativa and Hybrids. They all have their own “magical powers”.  For those who dont know, Indica is the body high, sativa is the mind high and Hybrids are the awesome combination of both

So which one do you choose? I guess it all depends on what your trying to accomplish. Although they all have their specific special qualities. because i have a problem with focusing and find myself in creative ruts, i like sativas when creating.  All Judgment goes out the window and i can just open up the flood gates and let all ideas flow through and spill onto my sketchbook or dance around on my guitar neck.

I recently was given a Jack Herer cookie edible sample made with sativa oil (opposed to hash) from a guy who worked at the clinic. The cookies they usually have are the best ive ever had but apparently there was a fall out with the distributor of the edibles so they got this new “baker” who makes them with this sativa oil.

The Plan - 4am, wake up, press snooze at least twice, Put on as many layers of clothes as possible before stepping out into the blistering cold. well, Maybe blistering cold should be reserved for Atlantic Summers but going to work at 4am aint no picnic. But Finally, get through work, go home and EAT THE EDIBLE.

Work is over, I get into my car . I know its gonna take at least 20- 30 minutes to kick in. so i eat the little tiny humble cookie. Im hopeful, maybe this new bakers cookies will be as good as the last guys and be more like a introspective psychedelic roller coaster or maybe it will be a failure like most other edibles ive had ( cough* lollipops and chocolate stars) and ill be left with - $12 i could have used for gas money or some other unknown entertainment.

30 min later, nothing… no elevated heart rate, no random awareness, no introspective ideas. nothing.

31 minutes later…

I realize that im leaning noticeably closer to my computer screen and everything is noticeably more blurry. Yes! barley kicked in and already i feel like im hearing the last few clicks of the rollercoaster right before you nose dive into the triple digits.

unfortunately i was extremely tired from working and running on 3 hours of sleep that i layed down on my bed and missed out on the nose dive and quadruple upside down flips.

Fortunatley, right before i fell asleep, i had an overwhelming feeling to draw. I havent been drawing as much as i use to, some reasons are the fear of repeating the same ol default drawing. Start with a nose, then an eye. blah blah blah. Boring and uncreative. When i was younger it was more simple and ive been trying to remember why.

So, when this feeling kicked in i was way to tired to get up, so i told myself to just draw in my head which  sparked a memory of the recipe i use to use when i was a child to draw day and night on command with ease. It was simple, Just go with the flow.

I let the images flood my mind like a collage of random possibilities in a sea of never ending ideas just waiting to be plucked out and created. Sometimes the question is: How can i be original? How can i create something that hasnt already been created. And sometimes the feeling is frustration from a lack of ideas. I think  the secret to tapping into stream of ideas is to just go with flow without judgment. Of course im not saying, make a big sloppy mess and call it art. But what i am saying is, maybe its ok to let loose, draw crooked lines and use colors that dont match. The first draft doesn’t need to be Solid Gold. Which i think is one of the big reasons why most people, including myself, procrastinate and never get simple things started. Fear of fucking up the first thing we try because that may mean thats all we have in us.

I think most amazing things are worth working at. Just like losing weight. you can get the lap band, slice up your stomach till its so small you eat like a fuckin hamster and have immediate results or you can get your fat ass up, run a few laps, sweat and feel sore but gain whats most important. Not a beach body, but some goddamn self control. 

So when you go with the flow and your not happy with your immediate results, its all good because maybe immediate results isnt always a good thing. you could nuke a steak in the microwave and have it immediately or you can but that delicious steak on the pan for about 6-8 minutes on each side till its a perfect medium rare. yeah itll take a little longer but Goddamn is the difference between immediate results and hard work night and day

as an adult, i look back and realize that the things that made me most happiest as a child was that feeling of simply letting ideas come to me, as hippie as this sounds, it feels like the best art comes from somewhere else and where just the tool, the pen, the brush, the guitar, the voice that expresses that idea.

(via danceabletragedy)

I’m not the best writer or the most eloquent speaker but i am observant and sometimes i have too many thoughts at once that i never really remember anything. So i think gathering and organizing my thoughts and experiences in writing will be a good way to look back on my life like stories from an old journal before all memory slowly slips away.

I want to document the effects of different strains of marijuana on my thoughts and actions in my everyday life.  Moments of Clarity, Observations, Insecurities, Creativity. The Goal is to be as Honest. When i think of my Heroes, to name a few, George Carlin, Joe Rogan, Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins. The one thing i think they all have in common is their ability to view the world around them in an objective, skeptical yet humorous way. Introspection is the key, so welcome to my perspective.