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Prompt:
Societies never know it, but the war of an artist with his society is a lover’s war, and he does, at his best, what lovers do, which is to reveal the beloved to himself and, with that revelation, to make freedom real.
– James Baldwin, “The Creative Process”. FYI the full essay is a good read and not too long (2.5 pages). Most of it is about the relationship b/w artist and society – but, as seen above, many of those insights can also be applied to the lover and beloved (e.g. the description of the artist/lover as an “incorrigible disturber of the peace”...lol).
what lovers do
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Prompt:
– James Baldwin, “The Creative Process”. FYI the full essay is a good read and not too long (2.5 pages). Most of it is about the relationship b/w artist and society – but, as seen above, many of those insights can also be applied to the lover and beloved (e.g. the description of the artist/lover as an “incorrigible disturber of the peace”...lol).