Distillers of Etherial Intoxicants: Pope Crisco's List of Influential Artists

This morning I am enjoying a cigar, a giant mug of coffee, and allowing myself to get stuck on where I want to be and where I am. This reflection, or obsession, whichever it might be, has me stuck on listing the heroes that have influenced my desire to seek a profession in the arts.

It is debatable that these figures and my obsession with them have led me astray, and thus my youthful intoxication with them has led to the hangover of adulthood.

The Writers:

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Jorge Luis Borges

Miguel De Cervantes

Ernest Hemmingway

John Steinbeck

Franz Kafka

Isaac Asimov

John Byrne

Frank Miller

The Visual Artists:    

Roy Lichtenstein

Jack Kirby

Edward Hopper

David Hockney

Jasper Johns

Edward Ruscha

Alfred Stieglitz

Robert Rauschenberg

Francis Bacon

The Musicians

John Coltrane

Django Reinhardt

Fats Waller

Charles Mingus

The Pixies

The Beatles

Miles Davis

Nat “King” Cole

Louis Armstrong

Lou Reed

Bo Diddely

Link Wray

Les Paul

Billie Holiday

Sarah Parker

Charlie Parker

Of course there are others not on this list, but who really wants to read a list of a fanboy’s object of obsession?

My intent of this list is to act as a jumping board for articles on these individuals created intoxicants. I (hopefully) will add links to this list of articles describing my personal response to their works as intoxicants, adding to the overall definition of Intoxico outside the realm of physical consumables.

Until then, thanks for reading, and indulging in my own musings on intoxication. While not quite the artistic expression I was hoping to produce in my youth, it is what I have for the time being. 

Other Scriptures on Intoxico! #2

 This is a great little project. This brewer and blogger, inspired by the Paulaner monks, is fasting for the next 46 days, taking in just beer and water. So far a really interesting blog.

"But this project isn’t about me. It’s a historical study into the lives of these Christian monks centuries ago. I’m just the vessel. I want to be clear about that. I hope beer lovers’ learn something reasonable about Christianity, and I hope Christians learn something reasonable about beer."

Pope Crisco

Other Scriptures on Intoxico! #1

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