For Emerson, great artists, thinkers, and writers aren’t necessarily great merely because they have access to any higher, exclusive source of information or being, but because they are willing to address and express candidly what they feel in any given moment of life, despite how it might compare to the apparent norm. In doing so, they reveal not only their unique take on the world, but also the thoughts and sensations hidden within a great many others who feel the same.
