Born to write a 10k essay on Cats the musical, doomed to write science papers
No joke, I want to write more as a hobby, but most of my actual work is writing! I've been working on an essay about why I think Cats is a great piece of art. It's essentially a critique of how people critique Cats—specifically, my rant against the "It doesn't have a plot" criticism and how I think it dumbs down art.
I'm also going to make a ridiculous thesis:
Richard Wagner once defined Gesamtkunstwerk ("total artwork" in German) as the idea of art that encompasses all art forms. His operas were meant to integrate drama, dance, stagecraft, and singing into a unified whole. In my opinion, Richard Wagner failed to achieve this. I think Cats is an example of Gesamtkunstwerk, and I'm sick of society ignoring it as such.
But no, I am trying to get my research manuscripts out. I think it's wild how much I write!