My challenge in my work or my physical fitness or my spiritual growth or journey as a dad is often to enjoy the journey versus trying to put everything on the outcome. Your words resonated with that, and its just what I needed to hear again today. I keep only focusing on the end in mind and not how I will get there. So thank you for taking the time to inspire me more to look at the journey as positive and not suffering with only the end in mind.
Thank you, and I’d love to encourage you to write more.
I was trying to wrap my head around why I was so put off by AI and ended up thinking about the matrix. How cool it would be to learn something that way, but would I really learn it or just know how to do it? I'm not a martial artist but was thinking about entering a dojo and getting beat up a few times and building camaraderie and breaking boards and having setbacks and overcoming them and gaining patience and self empowerment and determination and all the things that come from really doing a thing. Realizing growth is the point not the kicking and punching so much
Nice to hear from you in the new year. I like the new work. I made almost nothing last year (we moved to WA), but I am back playing with paper and it feels good and like you describe in your blog. That wandering and figuring out how to get to or over the next hurtle is really the point. I often feel that art has two components, the maker and the viewer. You captured that very well. I look forward to more musings from you.
Thank you for this Matt!
My challenge in my work or my physical fitness or my spiritual growth or journey as a dad is often to enjoy the journey versus trying to put everything on the outcome. Your words resonated with that, and its just what I needed to hear again today. I keep only focusing on the end in mind and not how I will get there. So thank you for taking the time to inspire me more to look at the journey as positive and not suffering with only the end in mind.
Thank you, and I’d love to encourage you to write more.
Its lovely.
I was trying to wrap my head around why I was so put off by AI and ended up thinking about the matrix. How cool it would be to learn something that way, but would I really learn it or just know how to do it? I'm not a martial artist but was thinking about entering a dojo and getting beat up a few times and building camaraderie and breaking boards and having setbacks and overcoming them and gaining patience and self empowerment and determination and all the things that come from really doing a thing. Realizing growth is the point not the kicking and punching so much
Nice to hear from you in the new year. I like the new work. I made almost nothing last year (we moved to WA), but I am back playing with paper and it feels good and like you describe in your blog. That wandering and figuring out how to get to or over the next hurtle is really the point. I often feel that art has two components, the maker and the viewer. You captured that very well. I look forward to more musings from you.
Couldn't agree more. You're thoughts reminded me of this essay - You might like it https://twbta.com/and-also/on-slowness/vi
Great Work, great and wise words – thank you for both!