One of the most remarkable characteristics of Sherlock Holmes was his power of throwing his brain out of action and switching all his thoughts onto lighter things whenever he had convinced himself that he could no longer work to advantage.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow (via polymnia)
…And this is something that so often gets dropped out by those who don’t know canon. The moments when Sherlock says (paraphrasing here, but the cites are easily produced) “Screw this, Watson, let’s go out to Romano’s and have a big splurgey dinner!”, or “Come on, let’s get the hell out of here, Tchaikovsky’s conducting at Covent Garden tonight!” Canonical!Holmes is ascetic by choice only: he kicks his transport to the kerb when he’s working (or having trouble working). The rest of the time he doesn’t mind indulging the body’s and mind’s love of food and music and other arts. Just think about “A Dinner With Sherlock”, and the concert after.. 🙂