Sunday, March 8, 2020

The Beauty of Mastery

Mastery, in whatever form it takes, is beautiful. I came across a short video (below) that illustrates this principle perfectly.

Some forms of mastery will have visceral appeal, others will have cerebral appeal. There will always be a mix of both in mastery, which can be more or less obvious. Take chess for example, where is the visceral appeal in chess? Perhaps one has to know a little about the game to find the visceral hiding within. The movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" illustrates that, it's a biopic of a real person (Josh Waitzkin) about his early years as a chess prodigy. An even better illustration of the beauty of mastery is the book written by Waitzkin himself about his journey titled "The Art of Learning".
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743277465/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Because mastery is ultimately all about learning.

I really enjoyed this short video titled "What Does it Take to be a Shen Yun Dancer". I think you will too.





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