3 Comments
User's avatar
Hm's avatar

I would love to put your essay in front of 100 college seniors and have each write a summarizing paragraph. I suspect the results would be eye opening.

Robb Ziegler's avatar

Wow. A lot of self awareness to even begin to write this. Brilliant. 🙏🏻

Richard DeWald's avatar

Art also arises from escaping pain. The very notion of a muse being a thing is idealistic, but when it serves the purpose of enabling delusion it becomes a form of cruel optimism. Brilliant essay, thanks for sharing it.