I totally get this self-centredness idea. With great, one-in-a-century artists, I can imagine they are simply wrestling with their visions in the process of getting them to materialise (on the page, in stone, on the canvas, or through the instrument).
But for the rest of "us", creators, what might help against such self-centredness could be more intentionality in creating for our audience; a mental, or even explicit, dedication "for my readers, hoping to help them do x" :)
Thank you Zoe. If I were a modern day Steinbeck that would be one thing. But even still, I can get very absorbed in my work, so by writing this, it's a shoutout to be more mindful--kind of like what I wrote about and sent your way :)
I totally get this self-centredness idea. With great, one-in-a-century artists, I can imagine they are simply wrestling with their visions in the process of getting them to materialise (on the page, in stone, on the canvas, or through the instrument).
But for the rest of "us", creators, what might help against such self-centredness could be more intentionality in creating for our audience; a mental, or even explicit, dedication "for my readers, hoping to help them do x" :)
Thank you Zoe. If I were a modern day Steinbeck that would be one thing. But even still, I can get very absorbed in my work, so by writing this, it's a shoutout to be more mindful--kind of like what I wrote about and sent your way :)