"WHEN AN ARTIST SHARES A PART OF THEIR WORK, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY AN ACT OF THE EGO. WE LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE CONSUMPTION IS SEEN AS VIRTUE AND PRODUCTION IS LOOKED DOWN UPON. IN FACT WE HAVE IT REVERSED. WHEN AN ARTIST SHARES THEIR WORK THAT IS VIRTUE AND WHEN SOMEONE SHARES THE WORK OF ANOTHER UNDER THE PRETENSE OF HUMILITY, THAT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE BUYING A COKE AT THE STORE AND SAYING "LOOK WHAT I DID!"; KEEP LOOKING ON THE PRODUCER OF ART WITH DISDAIN, 21ST CENTURY, COMPARE THEM TO OTHERS WHO ARE BETTER ESTABLISHED IN HISTORY, CASTIGATE THEM WITH ENVY AND TELL THEM TO PRODUCE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS BETTER THAN THEY. PIERCE THEIR HEART WITH FEAR OF FAILURE AND BEAT THEM TO THE GROUND WITH EVERY WORK OF ART THEY PRODUCE, CONVINCING THEM THAT THEY DO IT OUT OF VANITY AND A SICK SENSE OF PERVERTED SELF LOVE. YOU WILL, IN THE END, MAKE THEM A GREAT ARTIST." JOHN ANDREW O'KEEFE
