4-Point Weekend #142
On artists and obstacles
Hi everyone,
Please enjoy this week’s 4 points!
1) Obstacle is the way
A reminder we all need from author Ryan Holiday:
What matters most is not what these obstacles are but how we see them, how we react to them, and whether we keep our composure. You will learn that this reaction determines how successful we will be in overcoming - or possibly thriving because of them.
2) Being an artist
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want. Indeed, the moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist, and becomes a dull or an amusing craftsman, an honest or a dishonest tradesman. He has no further claim to be considered as an artist.
- Author Oscar Wilde
3) The power of reading pt2
Books are a time machine into the past and also into the future. Books are a "transporter" by which one can beam instantly to any part of the universe and explore what he finds there. Books are an instrument by which one can become any person for a while—a man, a woman, a child, a general, a farmer, a detective, a king, a doctor, anyone.
Great books are especially valuable because a great book often contains within its covers the wisdom of a man or woman's whole lifetime. But the true lover of books enjoys all kinds of books, even some nonsense now and then, because enjoying nonsense from others can teach us to also laugh at ourselves. A person who does not learn to laugh at his own problems and weaknesses and foolishness can never be a truly educated or a truly happy person. Also, probably the same thing could be said of a person who does not enjoy learning and growing all his life.
- TV Writer and creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry
4) Quote of the week
“Since childhood at my mother’s knee, I have believed in honour, ethics, and right living as its own reward.”
- The 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman
Thank you for your time and attention this week.
Upward,
Kyle