Earlier this week, I had a scheduled meeting with someone that unfortunately didn’t take place. That is life and things happen. But it was the purpose of that meeting that stimulated some of my previous ideas about art and design. The cover you see above was created years ago, however, it still brings me pleasure while viewing it. It visually communicates what I was thinking at that time in my life and what I hoped to communicate with others. This leads me to the question of’ ‘What if?’
What if you were able to share all of what you’re capable of with the world? What would you do? How would you go about doing it?
Just curious…
4 responses so far ↓
kg // September 25, 2009 at 11:00 pm |
An interesting question! I feel like i’m in the process of discovering and/or rediscovering my passions/talents/skills and making use of them ON MY OWN TERMS, so it’s interesting to think about what I really want to do with them, and how… but here’s what I’ve been on lately.
personally: i would want to share my capacity for love and empowerment with my family, which includes nuclear, extended, friends, and especially my ‘future family’ i.e. those members who I’ve yet to welcome into the fold (i.e. husband, babies, etc.). I would actively seek out like-minded yet challenging people who i could commune with on a variety of topics/ideas/actions so that I could learn more about the world in general and people’s personal words in particular. I think this would help to inform my professional life as well.
professionally: i would want to share my love of words, writing, communication as a means for empowering people/communities. this would include building my current business to a level where i could support my family on all levels (spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically, financially, etc.); operating a bookstore/community gathering venue; delivering literacy and language/literary arts programs to urban, disadvantaged, and youth communities; operating a publishing company that will support authors and the creation of a magazine; and writing fiction, non-fiction, journalism, poetry – just getting deeper into all the various forms and styles of writing.
LM // September 26, 2009 at 11:46 pm |
the question that plagues me is: what AM I capable of? I have so many skills/talents/interests that it actually ends up a burden. I just don’t know which path to take. So my question is often.. what if I just had one or two skills I was amazing in and not 20 average-good skills? Would I be more focused? Would I reach the world with ease because I have just two amazing talents?
a.eye // September 28, 2009 at 9:35 pm |
I agree with LM… my issue is what is my “gift”. I am somewhat good at a lot of things which makes it hard for me to decide what my gift really is. What is it that I can share with others. So far, it has just been with my teaching and motivating students to do better. Perhaps that is my gift, but I feel like there is more that I could do that I am just unaware of at the moment.
plantfolk // October 5, 2009 at 8:26 pm |
@ kg
congrats for knowing what you want! that makes it that much easier to achieve.
@LM and a.eye
i’ve had the same question myself.
it seems overwhelming when your interests are varied, but i know that its possible to reach others through your interests no matter how broad they may be.