Appreciating Art with Cannabis

One characteristic we don’t often associate with astrophysicists and cosmologists is a deep and very sincere appreciation for a variety of artistic mediums.  Carl Sagan, however, wasn’t your ordinary sky-gazer. He was on the forefront of the medical marijuana movement and hosted the PBS series Cosmos, which went on to gain world-wide notoriety and is still popular to this day. In his 1969 essay written under the pseudonym of “Mr X”, Sagan went on to explain how marijuana helped to enhance his sensory experiences, allowing him to experience a profound new appreciation for a number of different artistic mediums.

The following is an excerpt taken from the essay which can be seen in full here:

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before. The understanding of the intent of the artist which I can achieve when high sometimes carries

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