That Dock Ellis video was awesome and hilarious, and I was really surprised to find that out. I’d never heard anything about pro athletes using hallucinogens during competition. I guess he played during a different time, though. Even so, it’s absolutely ridiculous that he was able to do that- that being throw a no-no zonked out of his mind.

I do think, however, that the term ‘intellectual art’ is a bit vague because this term is very abstract in nature. Technically, anything can be considered ‘intellectual art’ because every action to some degree requires some level of conscious decision-making & cognitive processing. Playing sports can be considered an ‘intellectual art,’ but, of course, this term would not quite have the same definition if it were applied to musicians and the music industry.

Another question to consider is…in the instance of writers and musicians, would his/her work be as good had he/she not taken ‘performance enhancers’?

Also, similar to how athletes are subject to public criticism once the news of their drug-use is leaked, should writers and musicians too be held accountable for their works that they produced while under the influence?