Re:The World Belongs to Those Who Create
by infiniteparamtr on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:09AM
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I've been feeling the same way. And "out of love" is a great source for creations, but survival is where I have been drawing my inspiration.
I've gradually been avoiding large cities and crowds and seeking an off-grid lifestyle because it has occurred to me that the founders of places like Rome and America did that very thing.
Everyone desires to be [a] god. What does a god have the power to do? Create. Naturally everyone wants to create things. When we can't or aren't allowed to create we return towards the other power gods have: the power to destroy. We all want to feel in control. One way to feel that is to create things the other way is to destroy things.
Re:The World Belongs to Those Who Create
by jack1243star on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @05:14AM
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"In the end we will be judged. Not by what we have destroyed...but what we have created!" -- Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, Wolfenstein: The New Order
And destroy is one of the synonyms of consume.
Re:The World Belongs to Those Who Create
by humanrebar on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @01:06AM
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Some things aren't destroyed when they are consumed. A digital recording doesn't disappear when listened to. A book is fine after it's read.
Well, depends on how charitably you choose to interpret "destroy". Not all books are worth a second read.
I think a lot of us underestimate how essential creative self-expression is to our well being. I've come to the realization that I don't want to just live a regular life, working and consuming, but rather I want to contribute something creative, of my own creation, to the world. Deep inside, I think most people will find their greatest joy in building and creating new things (out of love (and not just as a means of survival)).