It gets me all wrinkled

I ran into Art Burshy this morning - he was stretched on a chair in front of a coffee place, wearing sun glasses and sipping coffee from a very large cup. I asked if it was a nice cappuccino, and he looked up slowly...´no, it is filled with espresso...and I need it. If I could inject it directly in my veins I would not hesitate a second...´ he whispered with a broken voice.
Turned out that Art had been drinking quite some wine the night before, so it must not have been a big surprise to be hung over the next day. And he did not deny he 'deserved' facing the consequences, he just started explaining me....

There are people that live their life respecting all rules of health; go to bed early, no alcohol, no fat in the food, not too much salt, even less sugar, etc. Sure such life style is respectable and if such people are a bit lucky they might live to become 110 years....
But does that mean you lived your life to the max; have you done all to explore your boundaries and dive into the enormously deep sea of life. It is important to walk naked into the sea, to accept its darkness and lose yourself now and then. As long as you do not drown in your own darkness all is fine.
As Art Burshy says: "when you come back from your darkness you will see more the brightness of the colours in your every day life.
And for an artisrt this is essential; if you do not explore your darkness and dysfunctyional behaviours, how could your art ever represent a meaningful journey?!"

It is not the first time he told me this sort of story and view of things.
I told him that in my mind this would mean your body might more quickly become older, show traces of being structurally tired and of using alcohol or even other stuff.

Art looked at me with open eyes and his eye brows in a serious frown as if he was wondering if I was joking, stupid or... just very naive.
"Yes, it gets me all wrinkled... and I just love it" he said and
"there's nothing wrong with cleaning your veins with some alcohol now and then."

I realised arguing had no effect on this man, wished him a good day and headed home.