Steven Pressfield and Seth Godin
What’s the role, purpose, and/or value of artists in today’s uber-complex society with its growing population of apathetic citizen dropouts? Best-selling business author and marketing force of nature Seth Godin (Linchpin, What Matters Now) recently addressed this question in an interview he gave to novelist Steven Pressfield (The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, The Afghan Campaign). The general topic was Godin’s thoughts on the creative process, and the result is well worth reading, not only for the conversation’s inherent interest but because of its tangential relationship to some vibrant thoughts about the deep nature of muse-based creativity that Pressfield has articulated elsewhere.
Artists as rebels against the New Dark Age
After asking Godin about his work habits and general creative process, and receiving very pithy and energetic replies, Pressfield finished with what he termed a “bonus question” about the roles of artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs in the context of society’s “big picture.” Godin responded with a life-level challenge to all such people: Read the rest of this entry »
