Kanye West recently returned to Twitter and he is already starting to turn heads.
The American rapper has been dishing out tweets about his philosophical views on life, standpoint on creativity, originality, time, love and parenting.
In May 2017, West wiped out his social media existence by deleting his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
He briefly reactivated his Instagram account on Valentine’s Day to post a message to wife, Kim Kardashian. Not long after, he deleted the account.
Now that he’s back (on Twitter), the rapper sounds like a man reborn. West, who has been tweeting for three straight days, on Wednesday announced that his posts are part of his “real time” book.
West said he does not want any publisher or publicist to dictate to him the thoughts he should put down.
Giving his take on creativity, he urged his followers to try as much as possible to not be held back from their ideas.
As a creative your ideas are your strongest form of currency
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 17, 2018
You have to protect your ability to create at all cost
Advertisement— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 17, 2018
try to avoid any contractual situation where you are held back from your ideas
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 17, 2018
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Touching on the relationship between fear and manipulation, he wrote:
everything you do in life stems from either fear or love
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 17, 2018
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Fear often causes people to be manipulative
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 17, 2018
be transparent as possible. Stop setting plays. Stop playing chess with life. Make decisions based on love not fear.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 17, 2018
The rapper advised his followers not to make social media their first port of call every waking morning, advising them to “just be still and enjoy your own imagination”.
when you first wake up don't hop right on the phone or the internet or even speak to anyone for even up to an hour if possible. Just be still and enjoy your own imagination. It's better than any movie.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
He harped on the need to let love influence one’s actions, decisions, and ventures.
You have the best ideas. Other people's opinions are usually more distractive than informative. Follow your own vision. base your actions on love. Do things you love and if you don't absolutely love something stop doing it as soon as you can.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
Don't follow crowds. Follow the innate feelings inside of you. Do what you feel not what you think. Thoughts have been placed in our heads to make everyone assimilate. Follow what you feel.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
On parenting, he said every human is a trained actor, and that the first lessons in acting are dished out from childhood.
in life, we are all trained actors. When we're born we're ourselves and then one of the first things we're thought is how to act. If you see a kid screaming at a restaurant because he feels something and can't express himself in a conventional manner
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
everyone will say he needs to learn how to act. At home parental acting classes are one of the first steps to us loosing who we really are to "the simulation". Parents are our first acting coaches.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
And then, he dropped the big disclosure; that you are reading his book free of charge.
oh by the way this is my book that I'm writing in real time. No publisher or publicist will tell me what to put where or how many pages to write. This is not a financial opportunity this is an innate need to be expressive.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
I will work on this "book" when I feel it. When We sit still in the mornings We get hit with so many ideas and so many things We want to express. When I read this tweet to myself I didn't like how much I used the word I so I changed the I's to We's.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
Weighing in on the subject of originality, he reprimanded himself for being too “concerned with the idea of ownership” in the past.
I find myself getting stuck in the idea of originality and letting my ego push me to say things like "this person stole this from me" and the funny thing is it'll be a reference I took from somewhere 😂
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
let's be less concerned with ownership of ideas. It is important that ideas see the light of day even if you don't get the credit for them. Let's be less concerned with credit awards and external validation.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 18, 2018
The book of Kanye West will be continued.
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