Why I need you
I've been thinking how there's only so far an individual, however brilliant, can go. The age of the lone polyglot (though they were never truly alone; few if any were self-sustaining hermits) is all but over. I think now is the age of brilliant communities. Egos accommodating egos, letting ourselves die a little for the common good
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For some reason this reminds me of the tarot card for Death, which is a signifier of change rather than destruction. (It also reminds me of la petite mort, because my brain is filthy/profound like that.)
Individuality is something that I feel is given power by a context of community. If a man were an island, then being an individual would have no meaning. Other people - in their company, their perspectives, their love - help me to be the person I want to be. Or in some cases, discover the person I never dreamt I really was all along.
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