Non-conformity & art -  967 days ago

 

I would guess that anyone who has been a great original in art or science was original not because they tried to be different, but because they pursued something. Einstein didn’t come up with new ideas for the sake of originality. He pursued answers to some real problems—and apparently found them. Walt Whitman didn’t redefine poetry because he avoided convention; he sought to give expression to the essence of America, and succeeded rather well.

Read the rest of this great blog post from my webmaster about the virtue of non-conformity. For those of us in a pursuit that often prides itself on being artsy, sometimes we can get carried away with being different just for the sake of being different, whether in clothing, production trends, haircuts, etc. This post is a good reality check for why we’re doing what we’re doing…

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