Being an artist doesn't take much. Just everything you got. Which means of course that as the process is giving you life, it is also bringing you closer to death. But it's no big deal. They are one in the same and cannot be avoided or denied. So when I totally embrace this process, this life/death, and abandon myself to it completely, I transcend all this gibberish and hang out with the gods. It seems to me that that is worth the price of admission. .Hubert Selby Jr.
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When you are an artist, you have to have everything. You have to be willing to put in all of yourself. That means you are willing to get close to death. It also means that the experience is worth it.
Death is just another part of life. And when you are fully engaged in your art, then death is just another part of life that you are embracing.
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