Does creativity lead to narcissism?

1 hour ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Yeah I may sound arrogant, but during composing my pieces especially with the String Sextet(my best piece ever), I did think of myself, my friend, and also us as 2 members of the whole mankind and how my own ego fits with others, and how can I express and excavate myself in order to express mankind and Tao. I never think I claim music because my inspiration comes everywhere.

Another "narcissistic" approach is I always listen to my music daily for composing coherently. Only by getting to know my music so much I can generate inspiration that is free and refreshing but at the same time reasonable and coherent.

Henry

 

I don't think it sounds arrogant.  At its best, our music is a deep unconscious expression of our own essence. It carries our signature like nothing else does. If we don't love it, we don't have a healthy relationship with ourselves.  Even if no-one else resonates with it - it's important that we do, else what are we making it for?

10 hours ago, guy500 said:

our music is a deep unconscious expression of our own essence. It carries our signature like nothing else does. If we don't love it, we don't have a healthy relationship with ourselves. 

yeah, and that's why I think it is still possible to love one's music - as long as one does not impose it upon other people it is not arrogant I guess?

16 hours ago, Aw Ke Shen said:

yeah, and that's why I think it is still possible to love one's music - as long as one does not impose it upon other people it is not arrogant I guess?

 

Definitely.  We're not loving it as any claim to greatness or mastery (that really would be arrogant).  We just love it because what's come out of us naturally resonates with us.  Unless we're exclusively technical in how we write, we put, to varying extents, part of ourselves into the music.  We write what we find to be beautiful, even if no-one else does, so it's not surprising that the same beauty strikes us when we hear it back.