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[quote=LEMONCACTUS,270465]I think there's a general trend towards experimenting with drink/drugs whatever with artists in general, poets being no exception.

Personally I love Li Bai and his poetry, which is to me romantic, tied to the earth and the seasons, tinted with nostalgia and beauty, but never sentimental. His drunkenness never seemed to impact on the precision of the poetic forms he used either.

I love the above poem. I don't think it's about being drunk per se on alcohol... I think it's about being drunk on life... and if we look at what being "drunk" is, it's about being overwhelmed and crazy and sometimes it feels like flying and sometimes it feels like dying... Anyone who has ever been drunk can't deny that it heightens the emotions and releases you from inhibitions.... Translate that into being drunk on life... sounds interesting to me.

The poet is quite clever... in the final line "on wine, on poetry or on virtue" means even if you want to get drunk on "not getting drunk" and being good and pure... well that's OK too. Obviously nods in here to the Chinese poets and also a sense of tongue in cheekness about it.

Thanks for posting this. By the way who is the poet?[/quote]

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