if you want a sense of self, make something

the demand to be original still troubles you, remember this: each of us is our own country, an interesting place to visit. It is the accurate mapping out of our own creative interests that invites the term original. We are the origin of our art, its homeland. Viewed this way, originality is the process of remaining true to ourselves.

ALWAYS BE EATING What you make is a mutation of what you eat, so if you control what you eat, you can influence what your conscious and unconscious selves will make. The human mind is not authentically original, but instead an information processing organ that needs material to inventively combine, compose, and connect. You are the books, music, fi