Saturday
Jul142007
A thought I just had that applies to everything
Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 08:24PM
It's okay if it's hard.
In fact, it's supposed to be hard.
If it were easy, then I wouldn't be doing it right.
Everything.
In fact, it's supposed to be hard.
If it were easy, then I wouldn't be doing it right.
Everything.
Reader Comments (2)
Hmmmm... interesting from the photographer always striving for a 5% hit rate, but what about the juggler juggling 3 balls? That's easy for me, does that just mean I'm missing something?
Good point. I might say that while a specific action (juggling three balls, executing a single pirouette, making the bed) might be masterable, the broader genre is not (performing a meaningful juggling act, dancing beautifully, keeping the house in order while balancing chores against other demands of life). But that might be a little too nit-picky for me.
Maybe there is ALWAYS something to refine? So that if juggling 3 balls is easy, you're not finding the way to engage, to perfect your form, to innovate, to juggle 3 balls in a way that no one has ever juggled 3 balls before (which would be VERY hard). This ties in with something I've been thinking about recently: the concept of the everyday artist. Like formal calligraphers; taking something we do every day, like writing, and raising it to the level of an art form, which you can strive always to perfect and never quite can.
That second idea is one that scales better from little to big challenges. So, I think it's either that...
...or I'm wrong, and some things are just easy. Perhaps I should resist the temptation to make everything in the world fit into one box. But things are just so TIDY that way.