aflalimo

@xheartswornx I need to apply this more in my life, in SG and outside of it. I am much more intrigued by artists' lives and personalities usually than the works they produce. I've always been that way. I'll read three books on Kafka's life and one of his stories. Oh, well. It makes me no less a scholar. I'm just more an expert on people than their writings. May the world be so kind to me. Lol. Not. =)

Knowing their history isn't a bad thing. You learn about the things that inspired them so it doesn't mean knowing their works is any less inspirational or intriguing than the lives they lead. Sure, my story would actually be pretty boring unless someone just cut to a few highlights and left out 95% of everything else, but it's still art, it's still inspiration to write even a biography or autobiography. I know writings have inspired a lot of things. Look at some of the technology that developed based off old science fiction novels, movies, or even comics! In truth, however, all of this is based on reality. A time travel machine wasn't just a neat idea. It was likely based off a wish to go back in time and change an event. Invisibility, flying, and so many other things were based off an emotion or personal feeling that developed it. Obviously I've a big proponent that life inspires fiction so these people that blame violence in games or movies never took time to meet the people committing stupid acts because I've been playing Grand Theft Auto since... whenever the first one came out as well as Wolfenstein and Doom and I've never killed anyone despite the occasional anger issues that pop in my head because I was raised to be calm and collected, kind and full of love. The point is that we develop these ideas to write about and learning about the minds behind the stories is just as intriguing and inspirational because you get to see the very essence behind the pen, the soul that guides the words, the heart that dreams up plots. I don't read enough of that sort of thing, to be honest.