Re: to thine own self
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 16:18:40 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 10/24/99 2:28:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rbowman@indigo.ie writes:
<< Many great artists, for example, were kindly
enough people - taking reasonable care of
their dependents & so on. But they were,
to a man, quite ruthless in not allowing
consideration for others take priority over
their obsession with their own work. >>
This isn't quite what I was talking about. What you seem to be describing
is, well, a "limited" selfishness, and the truth of the matter is that the
artist puts not only others but **themselves** aside for "their own work," at
least, the artists you seem to be describing above.
What I was talking about was a pervasive selfishness, one that would be
reflected in all facets of the person's life. And that a person so self
absorbed would be pretty boring in the end.
Jim