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"A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from
the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other
people want what they want. Indeed, the moment that an artist takes notice of what other
people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist, and becomes a dull
or an amusing craftsman, an honest or dishonest tradesman. He has no further claim to be
considered as an artist."
-"The Soul of Man Under Socialism", Oscar Wilde (1891)


"...he let the entire world press upon him. For instance? Well, for instance, what it
means to be a man. In a city. In a century, In transition. In a mass. Transformed by
science. Under organized power. Subject to tremendous controls. In a condition caused by
mechanisation. After the late failure of radical hopes. In a society that was no community
and devalued the person. Owing to the multiplied power of numbers that made the self
negligible."
-Saul Bellow, Herzog (1964)



"I've come to the realization that I'm very different from people." The things I
worship are probably the things you misunderstand and fear. I have android-phobia. I used
to fear social convention, but now I know I must embrace it to survive. I like to see
things in its most inanimate and absolute form, because then I am at peace. It is a source
of my unforgivable sloth.

I make jokes and exude nonchalance as a defense mechanism.

I do not measure the vastness of what I have learned based on standards created by an
academic institution, but on the way i conduct my life and, soon enough, my manipulation
of other people (aka business).

I enjoy sins of the flesh, and knowingly indulge. I hate feeling that I could die at any
moment. I am a hypocrite.

I avoid natural reactions but come to the same conclusions. I like that I make the circle.
I am confused most of the time, and I can admit that.

I idolize the ability to criticize and audacity to revolutionize.

I feel that raw, untampered expressions of oneself is among the most beautiful artworks in
existence. I find that things which are unable to be captured on canvas, paper, or clay
are usually the most significant. I am an artist by nature, and I don't need to wear
thick-framed glasses, spandex jeans and chuck taylors to prove it. I am by no means
artsy-fartsy.

I am one of those people towards whom you feel either indifferent because they are not
beautiful, or blessed to know because they are an all-in-one package of sincere, caring
friend, nerdy joke-cracker, chiller-gangsturr, responsible adult and your best friend who
quotes popular american TV shows.

"I statements" rock. Short sentences illustrate brevity and conciseness, exuding
an air of impersonality.

Hello, I'm GiGi. Nice to meet you.