I’ve recently been thinking a lot about self-destruction.

I’ve been thinking about how passion and destruction are interlinked. I’ve also thought that for creation to exist, destruction must proceed it.

I’ve had quite the difficulty to try and make sense of these feelings. I thought I’d try to explain and explore this idea with other people.

So here I am - Let’s start from the premise above.

  •  Lionir [he/him]   ( @Lionir@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    i think it’s possible to create passionately without destruction. i have a passion for animation. i could spend a few hours to create a flipbook animation for fun - am i destroying the notebook i used in the process? am i destroying the pencil and eraser to create this? am i destroying the time i spent to do something i enjoy? do these sound like silly questions?

    Well, if you spend stretches too long that can have a negative effect on you - such as we can see in crunch culture, it could be argued to be a form of self-destruction. I know that to many artists, they tend to push themselves too hard because of their passion, not necessarily because of company policy.

    That said, it could also be said that the notebook you’re using will never virgin again so it could be said that you’ve destroyed the book.

    I do think the idea of destruction and creation can become a bit more absurdist sounding when they are applied to very small scales, I’ll give you that 😛