When people are set up as rold models, virtue’ of ‘normality’ is oftten sold to us as something that we might follow. This is often true of artists some of whom are pretty weird people.
For instance most writers live a quasi monsatic life, this is sold to us as kind saintliness
Yes, just like us ther were hopeful, hurtful, energetic, angry, despairing, optimistic, the product of a normal home,yet most come from quirky households. .’
But it’s not necessary to identify with someone to admire him/her. Saintliness, is not that interesting. Biograhers sanctifying their subject is unrestained hagiography.
'At 11 he was reading Stendahl,' is not normal.
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