“These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They’re not easy questions because the human being isn’t wired to function as an individual. We’re wired tribally. We are wired to act as part of a group.” – Stephen Pressfield [The War of Art]
“What we don’t know is how to be alone. We don’t know how to be free individuals.”
So the question becomes: To what tribe will I connect?
2 opposing tribes are of The Artist and The Fundamentalist
“[The Artist] believes in progress and evolution. His faith is that humankind is advancing.”
“[The Fundamentalist] cannot find his way into the future, so he retreats to the past.”
“The difference is that while the one looks forward, hoping to create a better world, the other looks backward, seeking to return to a purer world from which he and all have fallen.”
In 2010, which tribe do you wish to attribute your identity to?
Wow. So good. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you! I appreciate you stopping by for a read.
without a shadow of a doubt its art
Oh! For certain!
Good thoughts. Sign me up for art, though I realize that is an easy choice when one is young and has had little say in the status quo. The true challenge is whether you can let go when other’s are advancing the vision beyond where you took it to in the past.
touche friend!
Thank you for that!