With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful.
Intimacy seems to be one of the major highs of life, whether it's getting to know yourself in a deeper way, or your partner, or the world and the society that you live in.
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
Fame doesn't end loneliness.
Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around.
Our culture is so celebrity-obsessed that for individuals to show they matter, they need to display their intimacy to fame.
With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.
Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.
Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.
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