What unifies all great art is inspiration and vision. It cuts beyond popularity, profitability, and personality of the creator.
Yet with the rise of greater leisure and technology allowing for everyone to more readily become creative, we see a huge swell of new music, movies, books, and games. Unfortunately, inspiration is rarer than the amount of media that is out there and only the true Poets are the visionaries, not being concerned for money or reputation. Where does that leave everyone else?
I have mapped out a definition hierarchy of this creative class that ranges from the authentic Poet to the Parasite.
1) Poets (the elite of the Artists, known for influencing the Artists, being visionaries not concerned for money or reputation, the crazed and eccentric)
2) Artists (the creative craftsmen, creating new genres/markets, concerned about legacy)
3) Craftsmen (those who refine the performance, bringing peak performances, concerned about the craft)
4) Performers (capable, journeymen, emphasizing showiness, concerned about the performance)
5) Pretenders (riding on the coat-tails of the Performers, the critics, concerned about reputation)
6) Parasites (pure copy-cat, cynical marketing, pure hype, concerned about money)
Its not a pyramid that Poets need Parasites who are at the bottom of the structure. Its more likethe Parasites needs the Poets so they know which direction to follow.
Each of these groups is governed by a core trait:
Poets are governed by Vision
Artists are governed by Alchemy
Craftsmen are governed by Engineering
Performer are governed by Technique
Pretenders are governed by Accuracy
Parasites are governed by Timing
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