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Exactly. There are so many questions like this that all have the same answer: why don't they paint like Kandinsky <pick your own favorite>? Why don't they write
by bwanab 2y ago
Exactly. There are so many questions like this that all have the same answer: why don't they paint like Kandinsky <pick your own favorite>? Why don't they write like <pick your favorite writer>?
It's a non-sensical question.
- sdwr 2y agoIt's a very sensible question. The real Q being asked is: Is greatness about skill, or about getting lucky (right place at the right time)? and that question is really: Do I matter? Do my feelings (which feel so real to me) affect the outside world?
- Almondsetat 2y ago"Greatness" is a quality we give to a person as a society, Bach himself risked being forgotten because only a small part of society remembered him. Greatness is of course a question of luck, because no matter how skilled you are you are still at the whims of history.
- rc_mob 2y ago.. as long as the people who remember you are wealthy and powerful