I think a lot of artists live by the oft-heard advice that if you really want to succeed, you have to be selfish—declining invitations, not seeing family, really focusing on the art and nothing but. Look what happened to Dave Sim—it cracks ya.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:30pmThe number of just fucking nuts, antisocial people in creative walks of life is astounding. When I was young and decided I wanted to be a scholar, I thought those people were just amazing. To write a kickass book must require being a kickass person. The amount of pettiness, absurd selfishness, and flat-out childish behaviour was an eyeopener. Just so many incidences of "what the fuck is wrong with you?" My reasons for not really striving to be an academic almost wholly relate to my own deficiencies, but I also feel like a dodged a bit of a bullet because the idea of being colleagues with so many lousy human beings is so distasteful.Kory wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:18pmBoy, I was pretty drunk when I replied, i had to re-read this thing. I'm the younger person! Musicians are whackadoodle, man...
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Suffering for your art is fine if that's just how it happens, but to purposefully take it as a persona or mission is goddamn stupid. At a certain point, we all stop labouring, so what kind of human being is left after the work ceases?Kory wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:34pmI think a lot of artists live by the oft-heard advice that if you really want to succeed, you have to be selfish—declining invitations, not seeing family, really focusing on the art and nothing but. Look what happened to Dave Sim—it cracks ya.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:30pmThe number of just fucking nuts, antisocial people in creative walks of life is astounding. When I was young and decided I wanted to be a scholar, I thought those people were just amazing. To write a kickass book must require being a kickass person. The amount of pettiness, absurd selfishness, and flat-out childish behaviour was an eyeopener. Just so many incidences of "what the fuck is wrong with you?" My reasons for not really striving to be an academic almost wholly relate to my own deficiencies, but I also feel like a dodged a bit of a bullet because the idea of being colleagues with so many lousy human beings is so distasteful.
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I suppose they would respond that either they'll continue laboring until death (the art is that important), or they aren't interested in who they are without it. I'm certainly suffering for mine, but I'm definitely not one of these yay-hoos.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:40pmSuffering for your art is fine if that's just how it happens, but to purposefully take it as a persona or mission is goddamn stupid. At a certain point, we all stop labouring, so what kind of human being is left after the work ceases?Kory wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:34pmI think a lot of artists live by the oft-heard advice that if you really want to succeed, you have to be selfish—declining invitations, not seeing family, really focusing on the art and nothing but. Look what happened to Dave Sim—it cracks ya.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:30pmThe number of just fucking nuts, antisocial people in creative walks of life is astounding. When I was young and decided I wanted to be a scholar, I thought those people were just amazing. To write a kickass book must require being a kickass person. The amount of pettiness, absurd selfishness, and flat-out childish behaviour was an eyeopener. Just so many incidences of "what the fuck is wrong with you?" My reasons for not really striving to be an academic almost wholly relate to my own deficiencies, but I also feel like a dodged a bit of a bullet because the idea of being colleagues with so many lousy human beings is so distasteful.
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Which works out(ish) if they can work until death, but there are no guarantees about that.Kory wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:48pmI suppose they would respond that either they'll continue laboring until death (the art is that important), or they aren't interested in who they are without it. I'm certainly suffering for mine, but I'm definitely not one of these yay-hoos.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:40pmSuffering for your art is fine if that's just how it happens, but to purposefully take it as a persona or mission is goddamn stupid. At a certain point, we all stop labouring, so what kind of human being is left after the work ceases?Kory wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:34pmI think a lot of artists live by the oft-heard advice that if you really want to succeed, you have to be selfish—declining invitations, not seeing family, really focusing on the art and nothing but. Look what happened to Dave Sim—it cracks ya.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:30pmThe number of just fucking nuts, antisocial people in creative walks of life is astounding. When I was young and decided I wanted to be a scholar, I thought those people were just amazing. To write a kickass book must require being a kickass person. The amount of pettiness, absurd selfishness, and flat-out childish behaviour was an eyeopener. Just so many incidences of "what the fuck is wrong with you?" My reasons for not really striving to be an academic almost wholly relate to my own deficiencies, but I also feel like a dodged a bit of a bullet because the idea of being colleagues with so many lousy human beings is so distasteful.
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I think they probably top themselves if that happens.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:51pmWhich works out(ish) if they can work until death, but there are no guarantees about that.Kory wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:48pmI suppose they would respond that either they'll continue laboring until death (the art is that important), or they aren't interested in who they are without it. I'm certainly suffering for mine, but I'm definitely not one of these yay-hoos.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:40pmSuffering for your art is fine if that's just how it happens, but to purposefully take it as a persona or mission is goddamn stupid. At a certain point, we all stop labouring, so what kind of human being is left after the work ceases?Kory wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:34pmI think a lot of artists live by the oft-heard advice that if you really want to succeed, you have to be selfish—declining invitations, not seeing family, really focusing on the art and nothing but. Look what happened to Dave Sim—it cracks ya.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 1:30pm
The number of just fucking nuts, antisocial people in creative walks of life is astounding. When I was young and decided I wanted to be a scholar, I thought those people were just amazing. To write a kickass book must require being a kickass person. The amount of pettiness, absurd selfishness, and flat-out childish behaviour was an eyeopener. Just so many incidences of "what the fuck is wrong with you?" My reasons for not really striving to be an academic almost wholly relate to my own deficiencies, but I also feel like a dodged a bit of a bullet because the idea of being colleagues with so many lousy human beings is so distasteful.
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Musical Observation: Fugazi might actually be God
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A Musical Agreement: yes.
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Figures being GG was a complete piece of shit.
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Or which one of these does not belong.