what is authenticity
by Alex Dobrenko · updated 6mo ago
what is authenticity
Anyhow, the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I’m far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me.
from Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
- Authenticity brings us to avatars. This might seem a strange connection: aren’t avatars, by nature, inauthentic? After all, avatars entail being someone other than yourself. But for many people, avatars are a vessel for more authentic self-expression.
from Throughlines (Part I) by Rex Woodbury
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
- What is authenticity? Of course there’s no such thing, but that hasn’t stopped anyone from believing in it. Nearly 80 years of anthropology research on authenticity-seeking behavior reveal authenticity to be one of the stickiest modern superstitions. The bulk of the early research is about tourism, an activity frequently motivated by a search for t... See more
from After Authenticity by subpixel.space
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
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