I would rather regret something i did, than regret something i did'nt do.

Dalai Lama
 

The kind of behavior that really is spiritual practice consists of refraining from falsehood and abiding by the truth, neither humiliating nor mocking others, being humble, and having a good heart and helping others.:glasses:

(Ch. 5) Pablo Picasso: Prodigiousness & Beyond
 

Excerpts from the chapter, I found interesting
(the first sub-section titled, The Phenomenon of the Prodigy):

"The term prodigiousness connotes a gift that borders on the miraculous" (p. 138)


"Without addressing the gender differences of prodigousness, I believe that a significant genetic or neuro-biological component exists in the prodigy: something in the structure or functioning of the nervous system of Mozart, of the chess player Bobby Fischer, or of the mathematician Carl Gauss that made it preternaturally easy to gain initial mastery of patterns involved in musical tones, the configuration of chess pieces, or the possibilities of numerical combinations, respectively" (p. 138-139).


"In terms of multiple intelligences theory, Picasso's precocity was most striking in the visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, and interpersonal areas. Such gifts are what one would expect in a visual artist, but artists differ from one another in whether their strengths are more pronounced motorically, visually, spatially, or with respect to the world of human beings. Part of Picasso's prodigiousness stems from the fact that he was gifted across the range of relevant skills and could draw on them synergystically" (p. 140).

"It has been said that Picasso never mastered certain scholastic skills and had trouble with abstract thinking (Picasso was terribly distressed with the disparity between his artistic skills and his scholastic acumen)" (p. 141).


Gardner, Howard. (1993). Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Ghandi. New York, NY: Harper-Collins Publishers.

“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” ~ Lao-tzu quotes

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about. ~Sam Ewing :seeingstars:

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. ~ Stephen Hawking

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. ~ T.S. Eliot quotes

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. — Robert A. Heinlein

"Change the fabric of your own soul
and your own visions, and you change all."
~Vachel Lindsay

“Don’t pay attention to the critics—don’t even ignore them.
~SAMUEL GOLDWYN

I don't fear the devil, I fear people who fear the devil. —St Theresa of Avila

Lord, give me chastity, but not yet. —St. Augustine

When divine intervention knocked St. Theresa of Avila off her cart and into the mud she replied, "Lord, with the way you treat people, it's no wonder you haven't any friends."

When St. Aloysius, who loved to play pool, was asked what he would do if he knew he were to die tomorrow, he replied, "I'd finish my game."

Stealing someone's thunder might leave you with a storm you can't handle. -- me

Some days your the dog, some days your the lamp post.