May 18
Much of the art world seems driven by narcissism, with entire systems and galleries thriving on visibility, image, and self-mythology. But true creativity does not emerge from self-obsession β it survives despite it. Perhaps that is why so many artists eventually become jaded, caught between the quiet truth of making art and the performative culture surrounding it.
Narcissism does not create powerful art β integrity does. The works that endure are rarely born from self-obsession, but from honesty, depth, discipline, vulnerability, and the courage to reveal something true.
