Monday, December 24, 2007

Comment on Van Gogh

From Maki Hoashi:
it's unusual for artists of any calibre to be able to communicate equally well in more than one medium. i had learned from my father (an artist and writer) that one has to sacrifice many things in order to be immersed entirely into your chosen communication medium -- the "jack of all trades is the master of none" idea. but some geniuses perhaps have too important a message to convey, and so are (natural) masters of several communication conduits. in turn, that genius inspires others to receive or find the message, or perhaps awakens the message within them. i find autodidacts and "true geniuses" really intriguing for this reason: what are they saying ... and perhaps where did the message come from, without training or comprehension. alas, i am not a genuis, but i am blessed for having received the messages carried by many of them -- whether profound or trivial, all are important and resonate on different and many levels. 

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