Thanks for leading us out of the gloom of the economy and into the realm of creation.
I personally don’t ponder that much about where my Muse comes from. I think more about what a friend would say when I was learning to play volleyball. “Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn’t.”
In between there is craftsmanship. I can learn my craft and practice what I know. The magic may not always work, on a given day, but I have done my part of engaging my craft and when the magic does come the craft is there to allow the magic to be seen.
This reminded me of a landlord that I had over a decade ago. He was in fact a multi-millionaire, and an amazingly down to earth guy. He would take my wife Heather and I out to dinner every time he was in town and he always passed on his wisdom of his successes to me. He always ended with “I was too dumb to quit and to this day I am too dumb to quit, so I press on making mistakes and making successes, because in fact, that is how I got to where I am today”.
He reached many pinnacles in his life, many moments that could have been the one and defining moment, but he choose to push further and discover yet another and another and to this day he is probably still going. I think this is the mantra of almost any successful person whether they be an artist, a stock broker, builder, photographer, or the like. They just never stop, never stop redefining who they are to the world and more importantly who they are to themselves.
Best, Jay
P.S.-I love the blog and look forward to seeing future posts!
As an artist I found this to be my absolute favorite TED talk ever(and I’ve seen almost all of them).
The inspiriation and revelation that I felt had me watch and consider several times when it was first released.
Thanks for sharing with your readers because it’s important to pass along ideas like this.
Damien
This talk was a really superb, necessary and uplifting post, Leslie. Thanks for getting it out there. While the idea of ‘talent’ and ‘genius’, particularly what makes some people seem to ‘have it’ and some people not, has always been a fascinating one for me, it sometimes feels very nebulous. I have always thought that hard work and perseverance in the face of obstacles goes a long way for continued success. Maybe that itself is a talent.
Thanks for leading us out of the gloom of the economy and into the realm of creation.
I personally don’t ponder that much about where my Muse comes from. I think more about what a friend would say when I was learning to play volleyball. “Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn’t.”
In between there is craftsmanship. I can learn my craft and practice what I know. The magic may not always work, on a given day, but I have done my part of engaging my craft and when the magic does come the craft is there to allow the magic to be seen.
This reminded me of a landlord that I had over a decade ago. He was in fact a multi-millionaire, and an amazingly down to earth guy. He would take my wife Heather and I out to dinner every time he was in town and he always passed on his wisdom of his successes to me. He always ended with “I was too dumb to quit and to this day I am too dumb to quit, so I press on making mistakes and making successes, because in fact, that is how I got to where I am today”.
He reached many pinnacles in his life, many moments that could have been the one and defining moment, but he choose to push further and discover yet another and another and to this day he is probably still going. I think this is the mantra of almost any successful person whether they be an artist, a stock broker, builder, photographer, or the like. They just never stop, never stop redefining who they are to the world and more importantly who they are to themselves.
Best, Jay
P.S.-I love the blog and look forward to seeing future posts!
As an artist I found this to be my absolute favorite TED talk ever(and I’ve seen almost all of them).
The inspiriation and revelation that I felt had me watch and consider several times when it was first released.
Thanks for sharing with your readers because it’s important to pass along ideas like this.
Damien
This talk was a really superb, necessary and uplifting post, Leslie. Thanks for getting it out there. While the idea of ‘talent’ and ‘genius’, particularly what makes some people seem to ‘have it’ and some people not, has always been a fascinating one for me, it sometimes feels very nebulous. I have always thought that hard work and perseverance in the face of obstacles goes a long way for continued success. Maybe that itself is a talent.