# The War of Art - Resistance and Trouble. - ==Trouble is a faux form of fame.== Think about the troubles you've incited and incur, is it so that you use these troubles to delay the things you truly need to get done? - Configuring a fancy terminal stops you from really doing the coding. - Exploring all sorts of productivity tips stops you from actually produce. - Even reading this book, is stopping you from reviewing for the Probability exam. - Resistance and Self-Dramatization - Resistance and Victimhood - "Casting yourself as a victim is the antithesis of doing your work. Don't do it. If you're doing it, stop." - Xenophon - It is believed that there must be a higher sphere comprises gods, pure spirits, or what have you, that they enjoy the creation of human-being. Therefore, Muse is sent on behalf of them to whisper to human ears, to bring joy to them.1` - Hierarchy vs. Territory - The act of creation should be territorial - The art is not dedicated to either the class above or that below, i.e. not hierarchical. - Just like the process of birth. ==The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. She knows it came out of her but not from her, through her but not of her.== > [!question] Are you heading territorially? > > Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, > would I still do it?