[MD] MOQ and Art

[MarshaV]

Greetings,


I think the most profound statement RMP makes on the subject of 
making art is from the section on gumption traps in ZMM.

"... Some could ask, ``Well, if I get around all those gumption 
traps, then will I have the thing licked?''

The answer, of course, is no, you still haven't got anything licked. 
You've got to live right too. It's the way you live that predisposes 
you to avoid the traps and see the right facts. You want to know how 
to paint a perfect painting? It's easy. Make yourself perfect and 
then just paint naturally. That's the way all the experts do it. The 
making of a painting or the fixing of a motorcycle isn't separate 
from the rest of your existence. If you're a sloppy thinker the six 
days of the week you aren't working on your machine, what trap 
avoidances, what gimmicks, can make you all of a sudden sharp on the 
seventh? It all goes together.

But if you're a sloppy thinker six days a week and you really try to 
be sharp on the seventh, then maybe the next six days aren't going to 
be quite as sloppy as the preceding six. What I'm trying to come up 
with on these gumption traps I guess, is shortcuts to living right.

The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called yourself."



Marsha