We talk about ego like it’s a bad thing. Egomania is a bad thing. It’s the narcissism that comes from only seeing yourself, from believing that you are immortal, invulnerable, and deserving of all good things that come your way. Or the feeling that all the art is for you and for you alone. But ego? Ego is required for us to find the guts to make an assertion. What right do you have to speak up and offer to make things better? What right to imagine that you have something to contribute? What right to plow through the process, from helpless beginner to floundering mediocrity to working
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