The Green Spark of Imagination: Creativity and Calm
It is where there are moments when the world is silent, and a single puff can make the silence vibrate or buzz with color, beat, and thought. It is here that The Sovereignty of Cannabis by Bingus would have its commencement--here, where thoughts are given the life in which they breathe. This book does not glorify disorder and flight, but the harmony between the body and mind, thought and emotion, artist and muse. Bingus does not consider cannabis a crutch; rather, it was a means to express himself, a muse that sings rather than screams. A plant is a silent companion to those who have discovered a line that now suddenly makes sense, to the painter who has perceived motion in the edge of the brush, or to the musician who has heard a voice between the pauses of breathing. Bingus does not consider cannabis as something that is to be done too much or to be enjoyed too much. It is all about knowing about the smaller things of feeling, shape, and noi...