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[benlehman]

A lot of people recently talking about what I should be doing, how I should be doing my art, what I owe to them and a "community" that only exists in our heads and hearts.

Remember what Chris said once: No one has a right to your body but you. I think it goes double this way: No one has a right to your mind but you.

Remember that people beholden to the Man want you to be more like them.

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[adamdray.livejournal.com]

I'm not one of the voices telling you what to do and don't plan to be.

That said, you didn't get where you are alone. You climbed up the backs of other people, learned from their mistakes, and benefited from associations with this group of people (dare I say "community"?) in many ways: emotionally, creatively, financially.

You can take everything they've given you and be content with that and never give them anything in return. Presumably, even, you've already given them something in return. As long as you feel you've given as much as you've taken, hey, cool. If not, think about it and keep giving back.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Hey, Adam, how's Verge coming? You definitely aren't one of those voices.

I do give back. I try to do it in ways that aren't public. Like I don't ever talk about giving to charity.

The issue is when someone says start telling me how I need to write my games, how my creative process needs to function. That's not cool.

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--Ben