Do people like suffering?

This post is about the topic which has been brought in class today. Popular idea is that people in order to create need to suffer so the author has something to tell about. I would agree with other idea that, in contrary, people might not like to suffer themselves but people definitely like to read, watch or hear about authors suffering experience. Not that many people do enjoy other peoples success or happiness in my personal experience. And, actually, I think that our everyday environment is a good proof of this concept. Lets take news programs for example. Just take a half an hour and count about how many good things are presented there. I am willing to bet my money that for all of them, not including sport and weather, just one hand would be more than enough. Blockbuster movies, top-seller books, anecdotes in everyday communications and popular theater plays are all have one in common. They are talking or playing around problems in someones else life. Popularity speaks for itself.

Napkins ... how simple things can be a form of art

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First post

Let me start with the point that writing is not as easy as I thought. Even considering the fact that I personally signed up for writing every day, I will be trying to avoid garbage posts like " Oh my! I pet my cat twice today ... And I'm listening to 'blah-blah' album today ... weather is good." and so on.

So the topic that I would like to bring up today is a process of creation. My idea is that even though a person has a lot of roads to choose from, I think at the moment when the brain starts to think about certain ideas, words that are chosen are limiting the creativity.

What is a word by itself? In simple terms, a "word" is a description of experience that a human is getting with object interaction. At the same time it heavily relies on human experience during his or her life. For example, how would you explain a mango to a person who never ate it or has never seen it? I consider the process of creation is when you don't know the final result at the beginning of creation. Examples will be free-style in painting or improvisation in music. Writing, on the other hand, requires choosing words by the author to outline the ideas and is more challenging and limiting. I think, I can say that writing requires more hard work because it requires that the message being communicated be understood by the target audience. It's like playing a game with a prescribed set of rules. Which brings a question if is writing a real process of creativity or just simply "playing a game"?