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To: koan who wrote (357)	1/27/2014 1:29:08 AM
From: Shane M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 935

"But my writing is often better than when straight. " There's debates among musicians along this idea, too. There are some that will use mind altering substances as part of the creative process. Some say it helps them write. Others disagree and say it just seems brilliant at the time, but usually is pretty bad work. Many recording engineers tend to say the latter. I read an article about a study done with a Buddhist monk and they had series of questions designed to require certain type of mental state (could be left vs. right). They tested the monk because essentially they practice controlling their mind all their lives. Anyhow, the researches said initially the monk did terrible on their test - he wasn't in the right frame of mind - but then once he figured out what he needed to do (it was questions requiring very open mind with loose associations of ideas - it sounded like a highly right-brain creative task to me) the monk went on the longest streak of correct answers of anybody they'd ever studied. Like he was able to "switch" his mental state to what was needed for the task at hand.