Art isn't to depict what we know but to identify what we need to understand.
I wrote this on my grease board and have been rereading it for months. It really resonates with me. Unfortunately I didn't write down the attribution, but I'm fairly certain it came from the mouth of Francesco Clemente (I am an admirer).
Discovered Khandro Net - good site on Tibetan Buddhism.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
-- Matsuo Basho
Discovered Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics, and also discovered what-when-how.com.
A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.
-- Jane Austen
From an NPR article on reading and the brain: "...reading is a cultural practice of recent invention. Whereas it is likely that human beings have been talking and singing for some 75,000 years (give or take 25,000), we are pretty certain that writing is at most a few thousand years old."
From the book Talent Masters: "Talent will be the big differentiator between companies that succeed and those that don't. Those that win will be led by people who can adapt their organizations to change, make the right strategic bets, take calculated risk, conceive and execute new value - creating opportunities, and build and rebuild competitive advantage.
I particularly like those last five words and think this is the key.
I think I've shared this African proverb before, but it makes me smile, and I do so love it.
You don't have to be tall to see the moon.
Check out The Invisible Gorilla -- here. It's worth looking at the videos.
Hope all is well.
