Fame?is?very?much?like?an?animal?chasing?its?own?tail?who,?when?he?captures?it,?does?not?know?what?else?to?do?but?to?continue?chasing?it.?Fame?and?the?exhilarating?popularity?that?accompanies?it,?force?the?famous?person?to?participate?in?his?or?her?own?destruction.?Ironic?isn't?it?

Those?who?gain?fame?most?often?gain?it?as?a?result?of?possessing?a?single?talent?or?skill:?singing,?dancing,?painting,?or?writing,?etc.?The?successful?performer?develops?a?style?that?is?marketed?aggressively?and?gains?some?popularity,?and?it?is?this?popularity?that?usually?convinces?the?performer?to?continue?performing?in?the?same?style,?since?that?is?what?the?public?seems?to?want?and?to?enjoy.?But?in?time,?the?performer?becomes?bored?singing?the?same?songs?in?the?same?way?year?after?year,?or?the?painter?becomes?bored?painting?similar?scenes?or?portraits,?or?the?actor?is?tired?of?playing?the?same?character?repeatedly.?The?demand?of?the?public?holds?the?artist?hostage?to?his?or?her?own?success,?fame.?If?the?artist?attempts?to?change?his?or?her?style?of?writing?or?dancing?or?singing,?etc.,?the?audience?may?turn?away?and?look?to?confer?fleeting?fickle?fame?on?another?and?then,?in?time,?on?another,?and?so?on?and?so?on.

?Who?cannot?recognize?a?Tennessee?Williams?play?or?a?novel?by?John?Updike?or?Ernest?Hemingway?or?a?poem?by?Robert?Frost?or?W.?H.?Auden?or?T.?S.?Eliot??The?same?is?true?of?painters?like?Monet,?Renoir,?Dali?or?Picasso?and?it?is?true?of?movie?makers?like?Hitchcock,?Fellini,?Spielberg,?Chen?Kaige?or?Zhang?Yimou.?Their?distinctive?styles?marked?a?significant?change?in?the?traditional?forms?and?granted?them?fame?and?forturn,?but?they?were?not?free?to?develop?other?styles?or?forms?because?their?audience?demanded?of?each?of?them?what?they?originally?presented.?Hemingway?cannot?even?now?be?confused?with?Henry?James?or?anyone?else,?nor?can?Forst?be?confused?with?Yeats,?etc.?The?unique?forms?each?of?them?created,?created?them.?No?artist?or?performer?can?entirely?escape?the?lure?of?fame?and?its?promise?of?endless?admiration?and?respect,?but?there?is?a?heavy?price?one?must?pay?for?it.

Fame?brings?celebrity?and?high?regard?from?adoring?and?loyal?fans?in?each?field?of?endeavor?and?it?is?heady?stuff.?A?performer?can?easily?come?to?believe?that?he?or?she?is?as?good?as?his?or?her?press.?But?most?people,?most?artists?do?not?gain?fame?and?fortune.?What?about?those?performers?who?fail,?or?anyone?who?fails??Curiously?enough,?failure?often?serves?as?its?own?reward?for?many?people!?It?brings?sympathy?from?others?who?are?delighted?not?to?be?you,?and?it?allows?family?and?friends?to?lower?their?expectation?of?you?so?that?you?need?not?compete?with?those?who?have?more?talent?and?who?secceed.?And?they?find?excuses?and?explanations?for?your?inability?to?succeed?and?become?famous:?you?are?too?sensitive,?you?are?not?interested?in?money,?you?are?not?interested?in?the?power?that?fame?brings?and?you?are?not?interested?in?the?loss?of?privacy?it?demands,?etc.——all?excuses,?but?comforting?to?those?who?fail?and?those?who?pretend?not?to?notice?the?failure.

History?has?amply?proven?that?some?failure?for?some?people?at?certain?times?in?their?lives?does?indeed?motivate?them?to?strive?even?harder?to?succeed?and?to?continue?believing?in?themselves.?Thomas?Wolfe,?the?American?novelist,?had?his?first?novel?Look?Homeward,?Anger?rejected?39?times?before?it?was?finally?published?and?launched?his?career?and?created?his?fame.?Beethoven?overcame?his?tyrannical?father?and?grudging?acceptance?as?a?musician?to?become?the?greatest,?most?famous?musician?in?the?world,?and?Pestalozzi,?the?famous?Italian?educator?in?the?19th?century,?failed?at?every?job?he?ever?had?until?he?came?upon?the?idea?of?teaching?children?and?developing?the?fundamental?theories?to?produce?a?new?form?of?education.?Thomas?Edison?was?thrown?out?of?school?in?fourth?grade,?at?about?age?10,?because?he?seemed?to?the?teacher?to?be?quite?dull?and?unruly.?Many?other?cases?may?be?found?of?people?who?failed?and?used?the?failure?to?motivate?them?to?achieve,?to?succeed,?and?to?become?famous.?But,?unfortunately,?for?most?people?failure?is?the?end?of?their?struggle,?not?the?beginning.?There?are?few,?if?any,?famous?failures.

Well?then,?why?does?anyone?want?fame??Do?you??Do?you?want?to?be?known?to?many?people?and?admired?by?them??Do?you?want?the?money?that?usually?comes?with?fame??Do?you?want?the?media?to?notice?everything?you?do?or?say?both?in?public?and?in?private??Do?you?want?them?hounding?you,?questioning?you?and?trying?to?undo?you??In?American?politics?it?is?very?obvious?that?to?be?famous?is?to?be?the?target?of?everyone?who?disagrees?with?you?as?well?as?of?the?media.?Fame?turns?all?the?lights?on?and?while?it?gives?power?and?prestige,?it?takes?the?you?out?of?you:?you?must?be?what?the?public?thinks?you?are,?not?what?you?really?are?or?could?be.?The?politician,?like?the?performer,?must?please?his?or?her?audiences?and?that?often?means?saying?things?he?does?not?mean?or?does?not?believe?in?fully.?No?wonder?so?few?people?trust?politicians.?But?we?have?not?answered?the?question?at?the?beginning?of?this?paragraph:?why?does?anyone?want?fame??Several?reasons?come?to?mind:?to?demonstrate?excellence?in?some?field;?to?gain?the?admiration?and?love?of?many?others;?to?be?the?one?everyone?talks?about;?to?show?family?and?friends?you?are?more?than?they?thought?you?were.?Probably?you?can?list?some?other?reasons,?but?I?think?are?reasonably?common.

Is?it?possible?to?be?famous?and?to?remain?true?to?yourself,?the?real?you??Perhaps,?but?one?is?hard?pressed?to?come?up?with?the?names?of?those?who?have?done?their?thing?their?way?and?secceeded?in?the?fame?game.?Many?political?dissidents?around?the?world,?in?particular,?Dawn?Aung?Suu?Kyi?of?Burma,?is?a?rare?exception?to?the?rule?that?says?maintaining?unpopular?views?or?unpopular?attitudes?or?approaches?in?any?field?will?destroy?you.?The?famous?Irish?writer?Oscar?Wilde,?a?very?successful?writer?of?stories,?poems?and?plays,?was?known?for?his?most?unusual?clothing?and?eccentric?behavior,?social?and?sexual.?This?behavior?brought?him?to?the?attention?of?the?mother?of?a?young?man?Oscar?was?intimate?with?and?she?accused?him.?He?was?furious?about?this?and?sued?the?young?man's?mother?which?led?to?a?trial?and?imprisonment?for?two?years.?He?remained?true?to?himself?and?paid?a?heavy?price?for?it?by?being?ostracized?and?defamed.

Time?magazine?of?June?17,1996?devoted?a?good?deal?of?its?issue?to?discussing?people?(25?in?America)?who?are?the?most?influential?in?the?country?in?their?opinion.?They?added?a?short?essay?on?who?are?the?most?powerful?people?in?America?and?no?one?on?the?first?list?appeared?on?the?second?list,?and?strangely?enough,?none?of?the?poeple?on?either?list?was?described?as?famous,?although?I?think?several?surely?are.?Can?we?really?distinguish?influential?people?and?powerful?people?from?those?who?are?famous??Maybe,?but?their?list?of?influential?prople?includes?Jerry?Seinfeld?the?comedian?and?TV?star,?Courtney?Love?the?singer?and?drug?addict?whose?fame?has?come?largely?through?her?husband?Kurt?Cobain,?the?guitarist?who?committed?suicide,?and?the?list?inbludes?Oparh?Winfrey?the?talk?show?host?and?Calvin?Klein?the?clothing?designer.?All?of?these?people?are?famous?,?but?I?believe,?not?very?influential?in?the?sense?that?they?change?the?way?most?of?us?think?or?act.?In?Time?magazine's?list?we?find?a?Supreme?Court?justice,?Sandra?Day?O'Connorm,?who?is?no?more?influential?or?powerful?than?any?of?other?justices.?President?Clinton?is?not?considered?influential?(?)?but?is?considred?powerful!?You?decide?if?you?think?famous?and?influential?and?powerful?are?closely?related,?or?different.

I?believe?that?fame?and?celebrity,?influence?and?power,?success?and?failure,?reality?and?illusion?are?all?somehow?neatly?woven?into?a?seamless?fabric?we?laughingly?call?reality.?I?say?to?those?who?desperately?seek?fame?and?fortune,?celebrity:?good?luck.?But?what?will?you?do?when?you?have?caught?your?tail,?your?success,?your?fame??Keep?chasing?it???If?you?do?catch?it,?hang?on?for?dear?life?because?falling?is?not?as?painful?as?landing.?See?you?soon?famous?and?almost?famous,?wayfarers?on?this?unbright,?nonlinear?planet!

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