Entrepreneur Writers

Bill Waterson once made Calvin say : " Art is dead! there's nothing left to say . Style is exhausted and content is pointless . Art has no purpose . All that's left is commodity marketing "  .
This is one end of the argument where the hoi polloi  perception of a writer is not really different from that of a mad scientist busy in his studies. Thus, a typical writer is perceived to be a recluse , who'd be busy creating art for art's sake.  


But many writers , classical or contemporary ,were/ are social butterflies. The inspiration to Jane Austin's novels supposedly came from her exchange of letters with her sister where she articulated the dogma & hypocrisy of the so called high society ladies and lords . Shakespeare used to be an actor prior to becoming the greatest playwright of English literature. Most importantly, all of these intrepid persons (Bill Waterson included) undertook the perilous endeavor of articulating their ideas : which, linguistically speaking , makes them 'Entrepreneurs' .




 Now , when it comes to the collaboration part , even though the writers took inspiration from stream of life floating around them , they often withdrew themselves from it when they were actually creating their masterpieces. But then , do we really collaborate in the true sense of the word even when we are actually surrounded by people ? Isn't empathic listening hailed as an inevitable prerequisite of collaboration ? But, we hardly listen to others when we're in a group. We  nod our head vigorously only to get the chance to speak out our own opinions . Thus , we remain full (fool?) of ourselves even when we're in a group. Au contraire , these writers delved deep into the psyche of the people even when they withdrew themselves from them . Thus the fictional ideas that seeded inside their brain found a base in the soil of keen understanding of human behavior : their hopes , fears and vulnerabilities . And only the collaboration of these seed and soil materialized into the elms , oaks & hawthorns of literature , metaphysics , popular fiction and  business essays. Besides , all of these writers were marketing maestros even if only for their sheer knowledge of human behavior. Thus from this angle , every writer is an entrepreneur . 


On the other hand today's writing , much to the disappointment of Mr Waterson , is more about marketing effort & brand building than the content itself . Thus J K Rowling or Stephaie Meyer just don't tell fantasy tales. Besides telling , they also sell entire packages for their readers . Thus it'll be apt from every angle to call them entrepreneurs . 

Enola Gay and Modern Times

65 years have passed since the evil sputum of Enola Gay wiped out an entire city . 6th & 9th August 1945 marked the two darkest days of human 'civilization'. Little boy & Fat Man were two conspiracies of Satan to expose mankind to early apocalypse . Those atomic red eyes should have acted as a neon light signaling to regain our sanity. But  65 years hence , seeing the condition of today's world , Enola Gay would probably be confused to choose a worthy successor. There are so many nominations ! Far from making the world a better place for tomorrow's child , we and our so called leaders have done nothing but bringing it even closer to the brink of extinction. The biggest threat to the peaceful existence of us , they say , is terrorism. But all our effort of eroding terrorism aimed at burning down this malevolent tree but we never realize in the final hours before death , this tree of terrorism will emit thousands of seeds which will be impossible to trace out. And soon they'll get nutrition from the soil and start the vicious cycle all over again . So, the only way to kill this carnivorous tree is to make the soil completely unfriendly for it to grow. Thus the solution to terrorism is not military but economical , political and social . The joker will be always there to unleash the creatures of the dark on our planet but if we lose our sanity due to trepidation , we'd but make the joker's dream come true.

Talking about Joker , the people on whom the duty to "lead" this planet rest, have made the grave issue of climate change a complete joke. I wonder what deadly kind of mass myopia must they have been suffering from,not to see the fact that the joke is on US : the fate of the entire mankind is at stake. The word sustainability generates 33,000,000 results in Google search. It's the favorite word of PHD aspirants of any field. We humna beings are good at contemplating , but when it comes to taking initiatives and implementing those concepts , we become strangely reluctant. May be , we're just not ready for the ambiguity that those new systems can bring. We're afraid that the cost might be huge , but we are forgetting that the cost wont be as huge as Eifel Tower , Statue of Liberty and Tajmahal being 10 (000. . . ?) feet under (water). Because , we are the generation who have to do some minor sacrifices or else the entire future generation(s) to come will be sacrificed in the alter of climate change. 

Thus, let us , on this intermission of Little Boy to Fat Man, take a pledge that we'd take responsibility . We'd B-E-L-I-E-V-E that WE can make the change. It's NOT an issue which is beyond our reach. The small deductions in each of our Carbon Footsteps , the small changes in each of our mindsets when it comes to think green ; will make all the differences . We've done before , let's do it once again for the sake of our unborn grand-children . Let's make sure that there will never be another victim of Enola Gay in this planet !