Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions — your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.
The right read: the operator does curate a public self — the persona is the proof. The wrong read is the one Greene offers, which is creating spectacle for its own sake. The synthesis: re-create yourself by clarifying what you already are; don't perform at things you're not. This is the anti-mode of L46 (never appear too perfect) — pretending is a balance.
Identity is a workshop, not a contract. Machiavelli's appearing-vs-being in its generative mode: who you are is partly who you decide to be — by deliberate performance. See also concept/jarvis-persona.
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