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That's a good question. For one thing, the desire to distinguish, even
draw boundaries, I think is a good and productive desire for the most part
- it certainly has a lot to do with style in art. Second, there may be
nothing wrong with pain and suffering if it's self-afflicted in the
production of work - I've even been thinking about Stelarc that way.

I'm enjoying this exchange, mainly between you and mez, by the way -

Alan

On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Lewis LaCook wrote:

> the old buddhistic thing:
> ego is a particular type of desire...the desire to distinguish
> oneself from others (identity)///////the thing that gets me red under
> the collar, which is the pain it causes////
> get rid of desire, get rid of pain////
>
> but how get rid of desire and still have motivation?
> bliss
> l
>
> --- In webartery@y..., Alan Sondheim <sondheim@p...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Lewis, still confused, but I came late - why would ego
> necessarily lead
> > to pain (although a lot of the artists I know are in pain, mind
> you)?
> >
> > Alan
> >