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Maintaining a stoic expression and preventing any emotions from betraying his inner state, Aiyano responds to the poignant tale:
- The question here is whether this can be considered a disrespect to the artist's path or to the muse itself? Or perhaps both? After all, a person wouldn't seek help with such a problem if they weren't experiencing pangs of conscience that they couldn't resolve on their own, or if both of these concepts were irrelevant to them.
Crossing his arms and closing his eyes, he continues:
- A person, by their very nature, is unable to overcome the needs of their body, even if some of them are considered more shameful. However, by a strange twist of fate, this particular need doesn't fall into the category of insurmountable ones. But that's not the point right now. The answer to this dilemma lies within your own heart. What exactly do you define as a "muse," and do you consider yourself a professional in your field, or at least someone involved in it, and what meaning do you ascribe to this concept? - His eyes open and gaze at his interlocutor. - The boundaries of what is morally permissible tend to change from person to person or from society to society, and trapping yourself in the confines of someone else's perspective will sooner or later lead to unhappiness. Consider whether it is acceptable for a "muse" - a sublime image that inspires people to do great and good things - to be depicted in a shameful way, reduced to the level of any other "victim" of your brush, just to satisfy your fleeting animalistic urge? Not necessarily just on canvas, but even in your thoughts. Don't you imbue this word-concept with a certain aura of otherworldly unattainability, designed to stir your soul rather than your flesh? And ask yourself the same question regarding the craft of an artist. Is this the kind of path you have been building your whole life, is this how you imagined yourself as a child? Have you ever had boundaries of what is permissible and principles of self-respect in your craft, and does this event fit into them? If the answer to all these questions is "yes," then... In that case, there should be no moral dilemma for you, and as long as you engage in this kind of creativity in private, without making it public, no one has the right, or even the ability, to forbid you from doing so.
He pauses.
- ...However, if any of these questions cause you discomfort and a degree of disagreement, however small, then this means that the overwhelming emotions in your soul prevail over the base impulses. Another person might try to deconstruct this statement, saying something like, "what is considered a high or low impulse is only named as such by the speaker, in order to give these concepts a false evaluative coloring." But I will tell you that this is not the case. Simple things come easily and therefore do not have high value. For example... a bar owner who becomes one out of a desire to create a cozy place where he can meet people with their amazing stories, and eventually starts indulging in his own drinks, and spends his days in this state until his untimely death, trading his dream for it; so too, if you have high ideals in your heart, you will inevitably betray them, wasting your talents on petty passions. Everything worthwhile in this life is not easy to achieve, and the cost of these things is made up of subjective factors as well. By singling out your muse from the rest and honoring it by not reducing it to the level of all the others - preserving its ideal image, and at the same time establishing fundamental boundaries for your artistic craft, you will ultimately get from the muse and from your craft what you could not get in any other way - moral, professional, and spiritual satisfaction and fulfillment at the highest levels. Are you familiar with the concept that true love begins at the moment of death or separation? This is not a guide to criminal acts, but simply an illustration of the principle - a spiritual Platonic connection can give a person what the flesh cannot. And this is not a loss, as it may seem at first glance, but rather a transfer of your love to a rare and higher spiritual order, which is otherwise fundamentally impossible. So... Answer the questions above for yourself, and you will understand everything.
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and what kind of aura is it imbued with
- The question here is whether this can be considered a disrespect to the artist's path or to the muse itself? Or perhaps both? After all, a person wouldn't seek help with such a problem if they weren't experiencing pangs of conscience that they couldn't resolve on their own, or if both of these concepts were irrelevant to them.
Crossing his arms and closing his eyes, he continues:
- A person, by their very nature, is unable to overcome the needs of their body, even if some of them are considered more shameful. However, by a strange twist of fate, this particular need doesn't fall into the category of insurmountable ones. But that's not the point right now. The answer to this dilemma lies within your own heart. What exactly do you define as a "muse," and do you consider yourself a professional in your field, or at least someone involved in it, and what meaning do you ascribe to this concept? - His eyes open and gaze at his interlocutor. - The boundaries of what is morally permissible tend to change from person to person or from society to society, and trapping yourself in the confines of someone else's perspective will sooner or later lead to unhappiness. Consider whether it is acceptable for a "muse" - a sublime image that inspires people to do great and good things - to be depicted in a shameful way, reduced to the level of any other "victim" of your brush, just to satisfy your fleeting animalistic urge? Not necessarily just on canvas, but even in your thoughts. Don't you imbue this word-concept with a certain aura of otherworldly unattainability, designed to stir your soul rather than your flesh? And ask yourself the same question regarding the craft of an artist. Is this the kind of path you have been building your whole life, is this how you imagined yourself as a child? Have you ever had boundaries of what is permissible and principles of self-respect in your craft, and does this event fit into them? If the answer to all these questions is "yes," then... In that case, there should be no moral dilemma for you, and as long as you engage in this kind of creativity in private, without making it public, no one has the right, or even the ability, to forbid you from doing so.
He pauses.
- ...However, if any of these questions cause you discomfort and a degree of disagreement, however small, then this means that the overwhelming emotions in your soul prevail over the base impulses. Another person might try to deconstruct this statement, saying something like, "what is considered a high or low impulse is only named as such by the speaker, in order to give these concepts a false evaluative coloring." But I will tell you that this is not the case. Simple things come easily and therefore do not have high value. For example... a bar owner who becomes one out of a desire to create a cozy place where he can meet people with their amazing stories, and eventually starts indulging in his own drinks, and spends his days in this state until his untimely death, trading his dream for it; so too, if you have high ideals in your heart, you will inevitably betray them, wasting your talents on petty passions. Everything worthwhile in this life is not easy to achieve, and the cost of these things is made up of subjective factors as well. By singling out your muse from the rest and honoring it by not reducing it to the level of all the others - preserving its ideal image, and at the same time establishing fundamental boundaries for your artistic craft, you will ultimately get from the muse and from your craft what you could not get in any other way - moral, professional, and spiritual satisfaction and fulfillment at the highest levels. Are you familiar with the concept that true love begins at the moment of death or separation? This is not a guide to criminal acts, but simply an illustration of the principle - a spiritual Platonic connection can give a person what the flesh cannot. And this is not a loss, as it may seem at first glance, but rather a transfer of your love to a rare and higher spiritual order, which is otherwise fundamentally impossible. So... Answer the questions above for yourself, and you will understand everything.
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and what kind of aura is it imbued with
My sword, my trusted ally, unphased by my aspect.
