Hmmm morning after: Could have said it a little more poetically but it stands I think. Beer=the oracle of wisdom.
Poetic indeed ! Darn close to that line from Hamlet ( the Play, not the pack of tiny cigars behind the bar at the pub ) :
" - for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so".
Which reminds me to say that I generally agree with you - and of course a broad expansion of the basic idea presented above is at the core of Cognitive therapies ; which ( in my experience ) are a somewhat incomplete set of remedial toolls, but can sometimes have their place.
I was put through some intensive / one on one Cognitive Behavioural therapies back in the early - mid 1970's , when the initial writings of Drs Ellis and Harper were the approved 'Manual'. Although the administration of same proved in
certain ways useful, it merely put a sticking plaster on a far more serious set of underlying problems. A handy tool to have in the box, but not the complete toolbox / solution that many would have us believe.
In later years, I sometimes find the vestiges of that 'training' useful , ( although those principles ultimately do not of course really aleiviate the underlying biological / pathological problem ) in that the basic principles of C.B.T assist in helping me 'strap the seat belt on' for a rough ride - and / or in part give me benchmarks of perception that sometimes help reveal where my phases of Bi-Polar are sitting or heading.
It is interesting ( and probably supportive to the use of C.B.T. in certain cases ) - that what I perceive as a 'decent spell' is often the same 'stuff' being seen differently by me.
So yes, the 'Beer Oracle' speaketh wisely ! :lol:
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Oh, and what Tom said about regular exercise works well on many levels for me : in that there are the basic mood enhancement / health benefits - AND when morale and creative flow are at a very low ebb, it provides an equal and opposite distratction. I enjoy weightlifting and such, not because I think it makes my willy bigger, but because it's so pure, focused and direct. You can / do enjoy the intellectual research and skill learning facets, but in the end, it's just lift / bicycle / run or whatever. The perfect partner(s) to a creative hobby. :D
