Persistence is a greater virtue for the lazy. You have the right to arrogance if you make a living from your art. Pride is a worse vice for the gifted. Stubbornness is punished harder on the introvert. Prophecy is ignored when spoken by an extrovert. Culture transforms the exercise of liking into the practice of… Continue reading Perspective
Tag: Inspiration
Inspiration is a myth
The thing about inspiration is: it doesn’t exist on its own! It all starts with wishful thinking: Hope and action together result in Wishful Thinking All inspirational messages are wishful thinking made of hope and action. “Everything happens for a reason!”, … means: let’s hope there is a reason that will justify our self indulging actions. “Life is… Continue reading Inspiration is a myth
Look! Unicorns and rainbows! Fuck off.
I am sorry Dolly Parton, but I hate these shitty life affirming, positive and empowering bullshit phrases: I hate them because they make things far worse than better. The problem with the rainbow is that it is an illusion, a special effect. You cannot rip the rainbow from the sky and put it in a… Continue reading Look! Unicorns and rainbows! Fuck off.
If there’s a will, there’s a way
leadenergy.org God, I’m so tired of being told this Of course, i know, we’re all haunted since childhood by this puny little saying which became a proverb, then an axiom of personal development and today a shiny little glimmer of common folk’s simple wisdom – and its annoying. So, can we revisit in a couple… Continue reading If there’s a will, there’s a way
Musings On Intelligence
Of all the species of mammals that inhabit, at least for now, our marvelous planet, we seem to be the smarty pants of them all. Not only that we are capable of articulating long strings of information and also remember them, but, we have an ultra-complex social system and also a high amount of spontaneous… Continue reading Musings On Intelligence