Dissociazione creativa: il “trip” dell’artista
Giuseppe Galetta
AMS Acta 2016 DOI: 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/5465 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that drug-induced altered states can function as a consensual hallucination and a risky "trip" into the unconscious that may foster artistic creativity and mystical illumination, and proposes that brain biochemistry and neuroaesthetics offer a framework for understanding these effects on the creative act. |
Abstract
Un’allucinazione vissuta consensualmente abbandonandosi all’oblio della coscienza: un “viaggio” allucinante nelle profondità dell’inconscio, intrapreso dall’artista nel rischioso tentativo di raggiungere senza certezza uno stato di “superiore” ispirazionee di mistica illuminazione, lasciando affiorare le proprie visioni ed i propri fantasmi interiori dalle nebbie lisergiche dell’estasi chimica fino a rivelare l’insondabile mistero dell’atto creativo, sublime miraggio nell’oscuro deserto dell’essere. Uno squarcio nel velo sottile della coscienza alla ricerca di un’estasi irrazionale, ma quanto mai rivelatrice: questo articolo illustra gli effetti delle droghe sulla creatività artistica, alla lucedelle più recenti scoperte nel campo della biochimica del cervello e della neuroestetica. Creative Dissociation: the artist’s “trip”. A consensual hallucination experienced by surrendering to the oblivion of consciousness: a hallucinatory “trip” into the depths of the unconscious, undertaken by the Artist in the dangerous attempt to reach with no certainty a state of “higher” inspiration and mystical illumination, letting hallucinations and inner visions emerge from the lysergic mists of a chemical ecstasy up to reveal the unfathomable mystery of the artistic creation, sublime mirage in the obscure desert of the being. A break in the fine consciousness veil looking for an irrational, but extremely revealing ecstasy: this paper discusses the effects of drugs on ar- tistic creativity, based on the latest findings in the field of brain biochemistry and neuroaesthetics.