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So many of those who dedicate their careers to creativity have, like many of us, been motivated by a sometimes unconscious desire to reconcile the various contradictions of our era: between utility and transcendence, a yearning for greatness and a belief in the dignity of the everyday, between the work available and the work we want to do.
Samuel W. Franklin • The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History
Ambition or escapism?
Is it really ambition or just a form of escapism?
I feel like I’m constantly trying to thread the needle of how I want my life to be without being present. Maybe even writing this is another way I’m trying to excuse myself from actually confronting how I feel.
Everything I want is already written in the stars. Therefore I can
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