Lara stated that true artists don't know the source of their own work. If someone takes the writings and does a variation on it, it is because the writer has inspired the person to do so. They have basically just reassembled the information. She knows that they are her own experiences. We get out of touch with nature and spirituality.
People are more comfortable in group situations than venturing out on their own.
I think they find it safer. It's also about lack of community. We stay in our own little world and don't expand out enough in the community. Their values are placed upon material things. They find security in what they accumulate and measure their worth by what they have.