> Hemingway didn’t need some bullshit Hemingway Writer to craft his style. Michelangelo wasn’t posting meta takes on Hacker News about the tools he used to carve David. Dante didn’t waste time blogging about the ink he used to write
Inferno.
The greats have been as particular and passionate about the tools as the rest of us. Whether this is productive or unnecessary is a different argument. But don't revise history to fit your argument.
The greats have been as particular and passionate about the tools as the rest of us. Whether this is productive or unnecessary is a different argument. But don't revise history to fit your argument.