I have been a professional, best-selling author, poet, teacher, and blogger for a long time. I am obsessed with and think about writing, painting, and other arts all the time. I have published two hundred prescriptive-posts that were written solely to improve the performance of the thousands of creative people who read them.
One day my wife asked me, “David, why are you so self-absorbed?” Being self-absorbed is usually thought to be an unpleasant quality, but my wife’s question was not a criticism. It was a statement of fact. She knows that I am self-absorbed, and I know it too, but she wanted to know why I am. I am self-absorbed because being a person in the arts, I have to be–I have no choice and it’s a good thing I am. Being self-absorbed is a necessary part of my make-up–and yours too if you are a writer or artist. That’s explained in the post “Why Artists and Writers Are So Self-Absorbed.”
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I am very grateful to be so absorbed in my work….it saves me from so much of the madness in our world today:). Thank you as always David for an excellent post. I always gain so much from your writings. Janet.
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Like you, dear Janet, I find peace and excitement in doing my work. It is a quality of artsts like you that they are able to tune out the world when the wish. Thank you for your kind comment and your beautiful artwork, and also your excellent biographical writing that introduces so many interesting people to your readers.
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Thank you, David.
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