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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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I was supposed to be the example. I was supposed to be the good influence. It was only a matter of time until there was a division between “I should do this” and “I want to do that.” In my youth, there is the universal idea that my enjoyment always comes at the cost of someone else’s despair. How can you rest when your neighbor is working?
David T Pennington • The Audacity Doing Something You Might Enjoy.
