{"id":6075,"date":"2026-04-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/?p=6075"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:53:06","slug":"ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/spring-2026\/ego\/","title":{"rendered":"Ego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Ego<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>Emily Jingzhu Bennett<\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">April 20, 2026<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  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Is it your entire body you refer to? Only the brain? There are subconscious urges and there are conscious thoughts, but which are you? Are you all of it? Maybe you\u2019re the consciousness, \u2018I think therefore I am,\u2019 after all. But is it you who thinks? Isn\u2019t it thoughts that come to your consciousness for observation rather than consciousness being the source of thought? Is that all we are capable of\u2013observation? Observation, of the sum of years of life, billions of neurons, and a limitless number of experiences. Nature and nurture\u2013we choose neither. \u2018Ego\u2019 does not choose any more than a leaf blown in the wind. As much as we would want to believe it, \u2018ego\u2019 is not in control. \u2018Ego\u2019 is in the eye of the storm, incapable of doing anything but observing the terrifying, beautiful mess that surrounds it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/ego_300dpi-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2026\/04\/ego_300dpi-1-scaled.png\" alt=\"A bright green acrylic ink painting of a warped abstract body\" width=\"1877\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2026\/04\/ego_300dpi-1-scaled.png 1877w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2026\/04\/ego_300dpi-1-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2026\/04\/ego_300dpi-1-751x1024.png 751w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2026\/04\/ego_300dpi-1-768x1047.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2026\/04\/ego_300dpi-1-1126x1536.png 1126w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palaver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2026\/04\/ego_300dpi-1-1502x2048.png 1502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1877px) 100vw, 1877px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p class=\"p1\"><b>Emily J.B.<\/b> is an eighteen-year-old aspiring concept artist and illustrator based in California, currently pursuing a Game Art BFA at the University of Southern California. 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