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“Essentially we are all verbs but because
of the ego (or how society labels us)
most people view themselves as nouns.
When we apply this limitation to the
creative arts, or more specifically
writing, we can observe that writers will
create their best art when they consider themselves simply as verbs, as in, "writers write."
But if writers experience fame and
fortune at a young age they will often fall
victim to their ego, as in they have now
been elevated by the masses to a noun.
"I am now a writer, as accepted by the
objective test of society because I have
made a sufficient amount of money at it."
The noun therefore has definitions or
boundaries and therefore limitations,
thus it is highly likely that the future art
created will not be as free or powerful in
the minds of the readers or observers.
This irony applies not only to art but to
most aspects connected to an
individual in their lives.”
―
of the ego (or how society labels us)
most people view themselves as nouns.
When we apply this limitation to the
creative arts, or more specifically
writing, we can observe that writers will
create their best art when they consider themselves simply as verbs, as in, "writers write."
But if writers experience fame and
fortune at a young age they will often fall
victim to their ego, as in they have now
been elevated by the masses to a noun.
"I am now a writer, as accepted by the
objective test of society because I have
made a sufficient amount of money at it."
The noun therefore has definitions or
boundaries and therefore limitations,
thus it is highly likely that the future art
created will not be as free or powerful in
the minds of the readers or observers.
This irony applies not only to art but to
most aspects connected to an
individual in their lives.”
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