i had a brilliant conversation with a very wise man this evening. it wasn't long, but it was one of those conversations that you wish you had. all. the. time. of course you probably wouldn't appreciate them as much if they were common, but suffice it to say that this is was a good one.
this very wise man lives from his creativity. very successfully. because he dares to do so. and i talked to him about that daring and how it came about.
he said something very interesting (many things, actually, but we'll just take the first one for now because it's late and i have to get up early). he has this theory that we spend very little time inside of ourselves, being who we really are, in the here and now. that most of our time is spent outside of ourselves - looking at the future or the past. and this conflicts with my favorite barbara kingsolver quote about "you never know how inside of themselves people are." which may now have to be amended to "you never know how inside of themselves people aren't." which is an entirely different way of looking at things, isn't it?
and he asked me what i'm really good at. and i think it's a question worth pondering.
what are you really good at?
