ARE YOU A CREATOR OR A CONSUMER?

by Dr. Zoltan

There are two types of people on this planet and we are going to determine right now which type you are. It is very simple.

Let us look directly at the way that you decorate your life.

For instance, is your Myspace page covered in quotes, movie posters, album covers, and YouTube videos that someone else created? Is your e-mail address or screen name an original combination of pre-existing proper nouns... or even newly invented words? Do you add ANYTHING to the world, or do you just copy and paste? Are you nothing but a walking billboard advertising the things that you consume? Are you a hollow tube for products to travel through? Do you think it makes you look more interesting to associate yourself with things you didn't even make? Are the sentences you say every day just cliché small-talk phrases, or do you put actual thought into expressing YOURSELF?

When asked to talk a little bit about yourself, is it YOU that you talk about? Probably not. Instead, you rattle off a list of common symbols and brands -- perhaps a football team or television show. Maybe you are even the president of a fan club or you collect a specific line of products. Maybe you study a historical figure.

Who cares what they did? Stop watching someone else's movies. Stop listening to someone else's music. Write your own book. Quote yourself. Be your own fan club. Study YOU.

-Dr. Zoltan!