Whether the art is done for the glory or for the innate satisfaction it generates, art threatens those who would prefer to sell us a fear of hubris instead. We’ve been sold, and sold hard, on the appeal of the banality of factory work, and not just in our day jobs. While we occasionally celebrate the outliers, the mythological gods of our culture, it is always with the understanding that they are not us. You can be a fan of Prince, Leonard Bernstein, or Lady Gaga, but the rule is that you must understand that you have no chance of becoming them. They are gods of myth and you are merely a
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