You're not as good
You're not as food as you think you are. Your writing is not as good as you think it is. Your friends are not as good as you think they are.
My question is thus: Does it really matter if what you think or believe and what actually is don't quite match up? Therein lies the rub. The truth? Isn't that overrated? Isn't faith and confidence and positive thinking more important than the result?
Often I feel we focus on the goal and not how we get there. Life is a journey, I want to enjoy the ride. Don't you?
These are just some of the things I've been thinking about while knitting. Yes, knitting. I started knitting a red scarf for the coming winter. I haven't knitted since my dad taught me all those years ago, when mom was knittting teddy bears to keep her mind off other sadder things. Now I'm reading The Friday Night Knitting Club and want to give knitting another go. Not bad. I still remember how to cast on and to knit plain.
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About Quenntis
I was born in South Africa in 1976.
Dancing and Singing in CATS: The Musical was the highlight of my career. I also danced for Cape Town City Ballet and the Cape Dance Company.
I live in Taiwan now. When not teaching English, and writing poetry, I go for...
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Quenntis’s Favorite Books
Salamander
The guy who was mentoring me
The guy who was mentoring me with my play used to say that, it's all about the journey and don't worry about the destination..........that's fine for awhile but the destination is important too, at least I think so. I mean, what's the point otherwise, all I got was a lot of sweat and tears and by the time I got close to the destination, the train was derailed!
Yes
That's what my drama tutor used to say as well. I ended up writing, rehearsing, and performing 5 plays in 3 months in my final year using that philosophy. Because I didn't focus on the destination I enjoyed the ride even more, and then other people wanted to jump on the Quenntis train because it seemed to be going somewhere. I worked with about a hundred people during those three wonderful months.
Of course the destination is mucho importante, but I think we should also enjoy the ride there, otherwise it's an empty destination filled with regrets and unhappiness.
I write every day. I've finished four novels since last year November. I know that a certain amount of my writing is going to be crap, that not everything I write will be a masterpiece of literature. I carry on because I love doing it so much. The destination: Publication, is important, too.
I think therefore that the destination is important, but I don't want to worry about it while engaging with the journey there.
Quenntis, I guess more men
Quenntis,
I guess more men than I think knit. Do you know Hirose Mitsuharu, a knit designer? He is amazing! He is also a good educator and organizer. He has knitted since high school, and he was the knit section editor of Japanese Vogue magazine. His arts are detailed, funcitonal, and just gorgeous.
http://www.nac-web.org/hirose/
http://www.nac-web.org/hirose/log.html
http://www.nac-web.org/amu.html
Thanks for the intro
I will have a look at the links you sent, Keiko. Thanks. My knitting skills are still a little rusty but I'm getting back into it.
Truth overrated?
The truth? Isn't that overrated? Isn't faith and confidence and positive thinking more important than the result?
Absolutely, Quenntis. Very well said. I would just shoot myself if that were not true. Give me faith and confidence every last time, over poor old fact and discouraging figures.
Truly
Yes, Ron. When the doubts start creeping up to me in the dark, all I say to them is: There's only one of me. Whatever I do is unique because it's mine. Let others judge the quality, and I'll take care of the quantity. Fact is, I'm a work in progress.
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