"The first stage is like ordinary drinking, the second when you begin to see monstrous and cruel things, but if you can persevere you will enter in upon the third stage where you see things that you want to see, wonderful curious things." "Absinthe has a wonderful colour, green. A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?" - Oscar Wilde
After reading that, who wouldn't be even slightly curious as to what this green fairy does to your mind? How about this?
"Let me be mad, mad with the madness of Absinthe, the wildest, most luxurious madness in the world." - Marie Corelli
According to Fairies World, the appeal of Absinthe to the creative person (I say creative because they were the only ones to write about it) is the contradiction of its properties and what it does to the mind. It contains a formidable amount of alcohol which is a depressant, but also contains herbal subtances which stimulate the brain keeping it clear and aware of thoughts going through it.
This line from the article sums it up perfectly:
Alcohol relaxes inhibitions and invites in new ideas, and the stimulants allow you to logically process the new data.
Hey, if Wilde and Toulouse-Lautrec were fans of it, look at their work and tell me you're not tempted to fall in love with the fairy? Oh, make sure you have someone with you though, or you might wake up one morning, not with a hangover or an ugly creature in bed, but with one less ear.
2 comments:
tried it a few times. first two times it burned my throat! LOL!
As Oscar Wilde said, you have to get to second stage and then finally the magical stage! Next time, just forget bout the burning throat and go all the way :P
I had a teaspoon of it once in Singapore, they were having a Spanish fest and were trying to sell absinthe. That's about the extent of my green fairy experience!
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