Is it easier to be poetic in a mundane setting due to the escape it offers from surroundings or does it flourish in a like environment? So in this context the debate is whether poetry is an escape from reality or a reaction to observation of the same. Or are there two paths as it were to reach the state of transcendence? Because enhanced creativity while on substances is properly an 'escape' while extreme disillusionment is a state of extreme observation. I welcome debate on this.
The sentry looks out from his tower: "Quo Vadis?"