Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Developing New Habits

I subscribed to the Painters' Key via email.  Robert Genn is a wonderful artist and writer.  I found this piece from 2009 to be of particular interest to me as I am trying to paint everyday, which is a challenge with a full time job.  I wanted to share this with you.  Thanks Robert!


"I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the things you do you might just as well turn over to me and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly. I am easily managed--you must merely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons I will do it automatically. I am the servant of all great men, and, alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a man. You may run me for a profit or run me for ruin--it makes no difference to me. Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me and I will destroy you. Who am I? I am a habit!"

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Colleen