An interesting story from NPR on absinthe.
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I had no idea how popular absinthe was amongst the bohemian crowd…including Oscar Wilde, who compared it to a “sunset.” Now that is just wild, especially considering that it can cause hallucinations (which apparently might have been the reason why Van Gogh had cut off his ear). I thought it was an very interesting story about the drink, and how it is becoming more popular with it now being legal in some countries, including the US. I think it is interesting how many artists and authors have been under the influence while creating their masterpieces. The author Wilkie Collins claimed that when he wrote his great British Victorian masterpiece, The Moonstone, he was under the influence of liquid opium.
But be careful…many great works were completed while being under the influence of life…without additives.