(IrnMind Mettle Monday | Season of Stillness | November 2/2020)
/// Tawnshi fair Townspeople, Ladies & Djentlemen ~ To IrnMind Mettle Monday🤘🏿 The most #Brutiful way to Engage /w the beginning of your week!
(I) *Brutiful Quality Quotation:
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life”
This quote has made me hyper aware of what kind of work I gravitate towards in an effort to procrastinate & avoid the pain of doing work I would rather shelve indefinitely.
This has made me reflect on what exactly the ideal components of work I derive meaning from & in enjoy in its entirety may be moving forwards.
Here then is a short Liszt of things that bring immense delight to my day & are things I know I will continue in some form until the day literal death claims my spirit in Brutiful fashion.
- Art & Design
- Reading, Writing & Reflection
- Drumming, Listening to Music
- Film Making
- Cooking
- Exploring New Places
- Connecting
(Qu)? *What do you gravitate towards? What clues may this hold as to what work or activities you should immerse in for the rest of your life?
(II) Profound (Qu)? to Ponder Upon:
(Qu)? *What do you appreciate about this?
It is incredibly easy to criticize & condemn, often this is the natural response to things we do not understand or that highlight our own shortcomings & ignorance.
As an intentional practice, I have been doing my best to look for what I might appreciate in things that I may appeal to my sensibilities right away, or to ask others what they appreciate.
Where there has been a great deal of use with this question is music, a subject of which I am highly passionate & therefore admittedly quite opinionated.
I personally think the majority of top 40, or pop music that is produced today is the musical equivalent of fast food, mass produced garbage to quell the masses.
While there are some outliers, I truly do feel this is the case along with many other mass media & cultural influences. Where I have looked for positive aspects has been in the production quality of the music, & the skill & mastery of the mixing & recording.
To give you some perspective & I write this as I am sitting enjoying a classical music lawn concert in an ode to Bach, arguably the greatest composer in human history. & know I am in the vast minority of people who appreciate classical music. I believe this is because we have moved so far away from appreciating the complexity, nuance & challenge that this type of composition brings. We would rather consume something monotonous & mind numbing, something that is familiar & safe.
Just as I am seeking to forge & refine my mind through the challenge of an appreciative paradigm, I would challenge you to do the same.
Where can you expand your thinking, & embrace the challenge of appreciation over condemnation?
(III) Count Your Blessings:
Vlog #35 (Genius of Collaboration)
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