SUBLIME

Let them label you a madman, let them cast such perceptions upon you. Let them condemn your intensity, decry your fervor, deride your fixation.

Such unyielding commitment to your craft may incite their censure, but listen closely. A mind mired in mediocrity, ensnared by commonplace rituals, reaps only ordinary fruits. You wish to mirror the masses? Abide by their ways.

Ah, but the voices urge indulgence, pleasures beckon for your surrender. They implore you to embrace frivolity, relinquish your asceticism, succumb to levity.

"You must partake," they chant, "in the joyous carnival of existence. Shed your seriousness, abandon your staunch resolve." If conformity serenades your soul, if complacency nurtures your ambitions, then tread forth on your well-worn path.

Yet I declare, defiance against the norm I choose.

November 06, 2024 | UN