Is there any link between creative genius and having regular sexual intercourse?It seems many writers I enjoy were either bachelors or only had brief or long-distance relationships, in which regular sex was not a thing. Personally I can't imagine a man having sex more than once a week, while being in a happy relationship, and still being able to focus on writing some profound work of literature.
>>24978848Sometimes i forgot how dostoevsky have been photographed several times throughout his life, yet people love to use that one depressive painting of him sitting in a chair for whatever reason
>>24978848This. People.like flaubert and hume are prove of that
>>24978848>Personally I can't imagine a man having sex more than once a week, while being in a happy relationship, and still being able to focus on writing some profound work of literature.why ever not? do sex and relationships really have such a debilitating effect on you? the couple of times i've been in a relationship, i've only felt sharper and more energised and more 'like myself', and literature was all the more rewarding as a result.
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>>24978858I feel there is a feeling of melancholy in that painting ,thoughtful. He kinda looks looked that in alot of pictures though _(:โโนใโ )_
>>24978874I guess it depends on the relationship, but having sex personally means experiencing hours of tension and relief and kind of obsessing over someone and making sure you are paying them enough attention etc. More importantly is that the romantic interpersonal experience is essentially an external one, and it drags your focus outside yourself and insists on making your experience an external one (e.g. adventures, holidays, travelling, doing things in general) and it can be difficult to return to the internal depths which feels like the only place decent literature can be produced. Maybe it's a cope or an extreme perspective, not sure.
>>24978942You're not coping and are absolutely rightRead Proust
>>24978848Tolstoy despite all his hand wringing about sex later on was a sex fiend
>>24979009OP didn't say the genius isn't desperate for pussy thoughbeit
>>24978848The greeks and romans had plenty of regular intercourse and wrote foundational works. It's a historical coincidence that christcuckery dominated sexual relations for a long time, which limited (and still continues to limit) the amount of possible sex one might have.
>>24979009The difference afaik is that he didn't work full-time, or even much at all. It's different if a guy has limited time outside of work, full- or part-time.
>>24978858i'm so tired of that painting. he always looks so interesting in his photos, i don't know why everyone defaults to the damn painting.
