so… you just went to the museum of modern art. you might be feeling confused, even angry, at the pieces that the state has deemed “priceless”. you stared, wordlessly yet trembling with fury, at two colored squares of a mark rothko numbered painting. then, the cursed phrase was uttered from your bitter tongue: “give me some paint and i could’ve donnit myself.”
oh you CHEEKY fucker. you know, i’d be willing to bet that you probably could recreate a rothko if you really, really focused your attention span so hard. i believe in you. of course, what you and everyone else who’s uttered the cursed phrase don’t understand, is that the “doing it yourself” is only 5% of being an artist. yeah, you coulda filled some water balloons with paint and hurled it at a massive blank canvas… but you didn’t, did you? you could’ve painted two squares of solid color on the same canvas to see how colors affect one another. BUT YOU DIDN’T, DID YOU.
if only you had that original, unique creative thought before another artist did… damn, so close. could’ve been a millionaire. maybe next time you can have a good idea before 20/20 hindsight grants you the blessing of clairvoyance. i mean, fucking imagine readintg the lord of the rings and saying to yourself, “pf, i could’ve written a story about a cursed ring.” yeah, you sound fucking stupid don’t you.
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