art around what is vibrant, alive, and humming… so that it can be
a healing for you and those you share it with. Most importantly,
don’t make the mistake of sacrificing your health because you
believe it will make your art more deep or successful. The artist’s
highest calling, in my opinion, is to experience the world, and being sentient on the deepest level possible and then translate that,
document it, and share it with the rest of humanity, with the goal
to inspire them to see how you see, feel like you feel, understand
like you understand . Use your gift of sensitivity to enlighten the
world rather than to destroy yourself. Let your art be your worship, your contribution, and the song of your life after you’re gone.
May it be a song that inspires peace, gratitude, and joy!
FF: I am finding this to be very impressive advice, Dr. Pataky.
I’ll certainly keep it in mind concerning my own creative work.
… Thanksgiving is almost upon us. It’s usually
a time I eat so much that I become energydrained and brain-dead. Can you explain why
such indulgences at any time may impair certain
cognitive functions required for creativity?
KP: Sugar and refined carbohydrates are exhausting to the pancreas and adrenal glands, which
have to pump out great amounts of hormones to
digest and process the sugars. Processed sugars
and starches—including those found in alcohol
and popular holiday dishes and desserts—significantly lower immune system function, opening
the door to disease such as viruses and bacteria. They are also acidic in their effect on the blood, causing an
anaerobic environment also inviting to disease, such as cancer.
Excessive amounts of these foods lead to diabetes and candida
fungal imbalance. An amino acid in meat, especially poultry, called
tryptophan, makes us feel sleepy and lethargic, undermining our
will to exercise and socialize and create. Overall, animal foods and
starches are extremely dehydrating on the body, difficult to digest,
full of toxicity, and ultimately contribute to weakness and illness.
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