Bob Dylan painting (photoshop), by thesadpencil
Bob Dylan is his artistic name, born in 1941 to the Zimmerman, an American/Jewish family, he became famous in the sixties for his Country/Folk songs.
His lyrics quickly become a makeshift flag for civil liberty causes, and many saw Dylan has a mouthpiece for the oppressed.
Under lyrics such as "Blowin in the wind", "Times are a-changin", entire generations have rebelled against the establishment and fought for human rights, better conditions, social justice.
Yet no one has been such a reluctant a leader as Bob Dylan: shrugging his shoulders he prefers to warn us against "false prophets".
In 1965 Bob caught controversy when he introduced electric guitar to his performance, making a transition from Folk to Rock with his song “Like a rolling stone”. The audience booed him, someone cried out: Judas; he retorted by telling his band: "Play it f**ng loud!".
Today the song remains a milestone in the history of Rock&Roll, it has been covered by many, and is the name of one of the most famous bands of all times: The Rolling stones.
Dylan's homeopathic remedy is Heroin:
Heroin is an artificially made drug derived from Opium. It was initially produced and prescribed to combat the effects of Morphine addiction.
It is considered one of the dirtiest drugs, especially in injected form, and a working class drug.
Many users make a progression from Oxycontin, a prescription painkiller to Heroin when they can’t find a supply. Most become regular Heroin users this way, as the powerful effect of the Heroin rush makes it difficult to revert back to prescription drugs.
In medicine it's used as a painkiller, a vasoconstrictor, and a sedative in terminal conditions with severe pain. It has also been used as pain management for cardiac arrest and pos-cesarean section.
Physical symptoms of recreational use include constricted pupils, constipation, slurred speech, runny nose, collapsed veins, and scarring at the entry point of the needle: known as “tracks“.
Heroin used in recreation causes both a sense of euphoria and blissful relaxation difficult to be matched by other drugs.
It can cause cardiovascular and respiratory symptoms which if not quickly treated with the injection of anti-opiate, can result in death.
At a psychological level, Heroin brings a sense of protection, love, and warmth: a temporary return to the mother’s womb.
Heroin addicts try to get back to this feeling as often as they can. People who are susceptible to become Heroin addicts are normally people who have been through great emotional trauma, who are very sensitive and get easily hurt. They also tend to have a greater spiritual dimension then most.
Heroin addicts try to get back to this feeling as often as they can. People who are susceptible to become Heroin addicts are normally people who have been through great emotional trauma, who are very sensitive and get easily hurt. They also tend to have a greater spiritual dimension then most.
The drug seems to provide users, at least temporarily, with respite, solace for their emotional wounds, and lack of social support, with many practising retractism and refusing to engage in society according to pre-established models.
Once addicted they become deceivers, going to any lengths in order to obtain the drug, but there is still a child like innocence about them.
They are not arrogant or aggressive people, but tend to humble themselves, their ego dissolved through the drug use and a need for transcendence, where emotion and physical pain can be redeemed, at least while the fix lasts.
Users can appear flaky and tend to avoid social commitment of any kind: feeling that cannot support others, but rather need support themselves.
Dylan has been a self confessed Heroin user at some point in his life, and he has psychological and physical characteristics that point to the symptoms of this.
Nevertheless, he is an inspired individual who has been able to use this personality characteristics to the benefit of many, through his music, his poetry, his art, and his political stance.
Characteristically he does all of this not out of an imposing ego but out of humility, not thinking much of himself or of what he does.
He has been recently awarded the Medal of Freedom by Barac Obama, and compared to the greatest composers, poets and philosophers of all times.
He doesn’t advertise himself in this way, and refuses to be seduced by this apparent reverence that some bestow on him.
