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N: Mentoring?

I: Definitely not. I don't mind answering questions, it probably benefits me more, but I don't feel I can fully call myself a mentor in any aspect.

N: Fear?

I: No. Being a mentor isn't just about understanding something; you need to be genuinely interested in the person, essentially treating them like a son.

N: What else? You understand how much you're influenced by moods and emotions. Do you see how the plot holds you?

I: I understand, but I don't want to resist it, because this plot is too attractive to me. It’s world-building, and it’s the highest pleasure. Money doesn't bring pleasure; it's just a reward if people want your creation. Pleasure comes from creativity because you reveal everything in that moment. This can be controlled. People are harder to control, but that's not the point. True creativity arises when viewers or readers no longer concern you. You perfect not for them, but from an inner compass towards perfection. I see meaning in art and nothing else. Money is just a necessary condition, so it must be considered.

N: So you can't find this in...?

I: Fortunately, I see that striving for perfection, striving to reveal and convey insight, is also an art. And in this aspect, ... still interests me when you try to make it as honest as possible. Without regard for others.

N: So you can't read?

I: Yes, that's why you can't read. In this genre, you can't read. You can't constrain yourself with the frameworks of poor schemes. And "..." is not accidental. People love stories.

N: So you don't need to follow "the way it's supposed to be"? You need to not copy, but follow your own path, i.e., continue Art. Remember that it's just "about lizards and the desert"?

I: Yes, I feel that the form restrains me, not the essence, because the essence always depends on how deeply you are willing to look. And my hypothesis, my belief...

N: Your belief?

I: That the most important level is the metaphysical one, where a person stops doing something more serious than just lying to themselves. At this level, a person overcomes the fear of talking to themselves about what they were afraid to discuss.

N: About God?

I: I don't like the term God because it's just an artifact of the Christian narrative, overloaded with moralizing, guilt, and manipulation. Such an idea of God doesn't elevate but subjugates. God has no concept of subordinating you, let alone forcing you to serve Him. Why?

Jung's approach is closer to me. It’s more about accepting the necessity and importance of talking to yourself in the language of the numinous, in the language of metaphysics and fantasy.

By accepting the idea that part of reality, which we have imprisoned in the term "fantasy," is so important to us, that by continuing to deny and fear this "part" of reality, we are forever doomed to wander in an empty labyrinth of recursion, refusing to look at the exit right in front of us.

N: Does fantasy provide an escape from recursion?

I: Yes, fantasy provides an escape from recursion because instead of seeking an exit from this closed narrative loop, you simply start branching a new tree of reality. At that moment, you realize that this choice was always there, and recursion is not reality, but just another narrative.

N: Few will understand.

I: It doesn't matter. The reason to live is always personal. Duty, of course, helps to live or die but leaves no room for joy. We are still slaves to ancient narratives inherited from ancient civilizations, based on pain, blood, and overcoming when human life was worth nothing.

N: What practical conclusions can be drawn from this?

I: I think, primarily, in changing the form.

N: Is that enough?

I: The content cannot change.