At its core, the line demands courage anchored in authenticity: create boldly because your deepest work is not a luxury but a necessity. The clause “the world owes you” reframes reception as an ethical claim—society benefits when creators reveal what only they can make. Rather than entitlement, it asserts reciprocity: if you risk revelation, we owe attention. This echoes Blake’s larger vision of the artist as seer, insisting that true work confronts us with previously invisible realities and, thus, rightful astonishment. [...]
