Chopin and Alcohol
I am actually drunk. In many ways I pride myself on being somewhat of a psychonaut. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, it basically refers to a person who explores the outermost reaches of human consciousness via whatever means they find transcendant. Emerson was a great transcendentalist, and I think had he been more informed by the good William Blake he might have been on to something of the greatest importance.
***Turns out it's very likely that Emerson did in fact read Blake. Though eloquent and intelligent, Emerson knew he was not really a poet in the way Whitman was.
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. . . For the Reader's Edification: I am not any kind of expert, on anything. All my opinions, beliefs, theories, etc. are based solely on exclusive worldviews and experiences. I do not, in any way, shape, or form, purport to appeal to anyone but myself. I accept that every argument I make is based on assumptions, whether derived from what I've read or thought I read, and that my credibility is entirely self-percieved . . .
