>Because the truth is that a lot of people do things, not for the love of and enjoyment of doing the thing in and of itself, but because of the satisfaction the

>Because the truth is that a lot of people do things, not for the love of and enjoyment of doing the thing in and of itself, but because of the satisfaction they get when they impress other people. And there's nothing wrong with that. That's part of what makes art art. Creators are not solipsistically creating art for its own and their own sake: they do it for sharing it with other people, and getting the others' recognition and connection. Some of the greatest rock music, for one, was written to impress the other sex - and some of the best dance music was written to see people dance and their bodies connect to it.