Huxley and Nakia

While I don't necessarily agree with what Huxley did, I do feel it was the only way to get true results. With having other subjects taking it and writing down their experiences something gets lost in translation. Yet I did like the fact where he while in his other state was going off on a tangent about draperies. It was insightful though to see things from the perspective of a person under the influence. While this may not be for me, find myself wanting to experience something to that nature even if it be alcohol to see what I could possibly write or say while under the influence. Though the difference between alcohol and mescaline is clear cut I think that most artists, musicians, and writers. If you look at a lot of art or some songs in particular it seems that the creators were either under the influence of mescaline or some other drug but I say more power to them. I have taken a class before were we discussed a musician named Carlos Nakia. He is a Navajo (if memory serves) that uses peyote when writing his music. While I'm not a fan of the genre of World Music but when it comes to his music I feel moved by it. It is as though he was helped by a spirit or under an altered state of consciousness. I have a deep respect for his music because it has many meaning which bely the other meanings. I could liken it to something along the lines of pink Floyd's "The Wall" or "Alice in Wonderland" and the statements of needing drugs to understand them. With Nakia you don't but there are other meanings that could help you to understand the love he has for his music or for Mother Earth. It makes me sound contradictory but I almost want to try peyote and write to see what profound things I may write.