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Originally Posted by Yast3r
I like to make art as well. I'm not too good at it but have an original style and creative mind. My rooms scattered with my designs.
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I just read the Malcolm Gladwell book, 'Outliers.'
In it he talks about the 10,000 hour rule. This rule discusses how a person needs to spend at least 10K hours at something before they have got it mastered at a world class level.
For instance, Bill Gates. 10,000 plus hours on an interactive computer system in 1968. That's 10,000 hours programming code. Jesus. In two or three years.
The Beatles. 1900 shows before they crossed to America.
Mozart. Twenty years before his first major symphony.
And so on. De-mystifying the concept and myth of genius.
From reading this, I thought of Van Gogh. Lust for Life. He spent 10 years or more sketching before he hit his stride. And he died poor and alone.
I have sketches, drawings, and plans all over the house and garage to remind me where I am situated in the scheme of things. Quickly, I figured I'm at about 3,000 hours. I have a long way to go, but I will continue to paint. It's a good waste of time.
Drumming. I'm just hitting my stride, twenty years too late.
But I will continue on...