07-30-2015, 12:40 PM
To create things that make me feel (or, less often, think) something I like.
I like revolting things as often as beautiful ones, if they're expressed in a beautifully revolting way.
I don't care about truth or justice really either. A good poem can revel in injustice if told from the correct point of view. A convincing, interesting lie is also better than a weak, insubstantial truth.
Of course, truth and justice can also be effective if used properly.
Wisdom I think is always subjective (but then again, so is beauty). I might think it's wise to spend my weekends in orgiastic drug/sex binges while someone else would think it wise to piously follow the rules of some book written thousands of years ago. It's impossible to say which point of view is really wise I think.
I think it all boils down to making something you like (for any reason).
I like revolting things as often as beautiful ones, if they're expressed in a beautifully revolting way.
I don't care about truth or justice really either. A good poem can revel in injustice if told from the correct point of view. A convincing, interesting lie is also better than a weak, insubstantial truth.
Of course, truth and justice can also be effective if used properly.
Wisdom I think is always subjective (but then again, so is beauty). I might think it's wise to spend my weekends in orgiastic drug/sex binges while someone else would think it wise to piously follow the rules of some book written thousands of years ago. It's impossible to say which point of view is really wise I think.
I think it all boils down to making something you like (for any reason).