What we want to make ourselves into

I've been asked a lot, by many different people, what I want to be in life. Some of the people asking are, or were, looking for the simple, trite answers we hold in our brains as courtesy demands; one-word pill capsules to fit ourselves into. Others have had more sincere ideas in mind, looking for a bit more in the line of character, not just what but why as well. Over the past few days I've come to some sorts of conclusions about the what and why of where I want to be headed. I want to be someone that people reference. I love to write and theorize about the nature of art and how things fit together in the world, I have been, none too rarely, describes as one of the world's more opinionated people. I like to have my opinion, and I enjoy sharing it nearly as much. Conceited? Likely, but in the same breadth and breath I feel that in the midst of my frequently redundant and obsolete insights are a few ideas worth sharing.