well, have you ever met a sane artist?

well?

"i met this delightfully sane composer this morning."

it's a contradiction in terms, because creativity exists outside the margins.

which is why i have to reiterate the point: i need a place for artists. not a place for entrepreneurs, not a place for families, not a place for the religious - a place for people to escape from that, to exist outside of preconceptions, to avoid market forces, to get on beyond the expected and just be.

and, a sympathetic landlord is imperative to this.

i'm not opposed to drug use. i'm sure i'll do plenty of drugs in the future. i just don't want to live in it. i can't tolerate the numbness of perpetual inebriation; that is not an escape from anything except yourself.