Sketchbook Pain, drugs, creativity May,2012

I have injured my back, and this has kept me from doing any artwork for a month or so. I've had to take a hiatus from art because I can't concentrate well enough to do the technical work, and sitting up to use a Wacom is too painful to bother with; on the other hand, the heavy pain medications I'm on have put me into a perpetual state of twilight-dreamlike-half-slumber. I often think I'm awake only to find that I've been dreaming of waking, over and over again, and I also feel like I'm dreaming even while awake. I've had some strange visual concepts flood my mind all this time which seem like they are almost inspired and I think I could really use them to do some great stuff once I've recovered. My question is; will these concepts still seem inspired to me once I am no longer on the medication, or will they just seem stupid in retrospect once I'm all sobered up so to speak? I would like to think that at least something good will come of this.
Pain, drugs, creativity

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