life is a conundrum of contradictions.
sayings like, "you are not your job, you are not your car, you are not your art, etc etc" are bullshit.
to someone, somewhere along your life you are your job, you are your possessions, you are your past; because not everyone can see the whole you; or necessarily anyone for that matter. to the majority of the world you are one simple aspect of yourself that they choose to observe. to someone, you may be everything they hate, or love, or do not care about. however futile that is. you are your everyday existence. you are not necessarily only that one thing, but you are that thing.