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As a counterpoint, over history, countless of simple people were doing creative folk music. I don't think many of them were contrarians of any kind.



agreed, i really think theres a spectrum. some are more, others are less. but creativity is creativity. i do think that to be a household name posthumously, you need to be leaning heavily towards questioning everything


Were Mozart, Bach, Michelangelo, Balzac into questioning everything? I've read the biography of Balzac for example and it seem that his biggest dream was to be rich and accepted by aristocracy as a peer. And yet his work is immortal.




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