Rhwawn comments on The Craft And The Community: Wealth And Power And Tsuyoku Naritai - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rhwawn 01 July 2012 03:43:20PM 0 points [-]

but being a pure artist usually seems to lead to a very miserable life.

And yet scores of thousands of people still want to do it each year, which suggests that the intangibles must be incredible.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 November 2012 07:28:24PM 0 points [-]

It might be a case of being attracted to something that otherwise doesn't bring satisfaction in some fundamentally important ways? I can think of quite a few human activities and hobbies that would fit that bill; we call them "passions" or "obsessions".