Be willing to give up yesterday. Let go of [..] Stay out of your comfort zone. Make room for tomorrow’s you. Opportunity is limitless, but time is preciously limited. Don’t rest on laurels and past achievement. Let every day be its own. Because if it is all about journey, there really is no point of arrival, and there is no place to be. There is just getting up and giving it a go.From Forget the Destination. Love the Journey. (*) by Spencer Lum (*).
The pathway forward is going to take us into the unknown. Being comfortable with the greyness and the isolation will be key.
Grey because often our reserves will be low and our capacities will be stretched.
The isolation comes as it can get lonely when we strive, uncompromisingly towards a moment. A moment that many won't understand and we will find hard to translate or explain.
To engage in making four athletes one, in taking things further, faster, and beyond our wildest imaginings will have us questioning, doubting and fearful at times.
I think the strength of the show lies in its lyrical qualities: building your own home is one of the last big adventures you can go on.Spent a lot of time mucking around to understand the space, it's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and constraints. Looking forward to seeing what Kerry (*) can do with it (*).
The Target
The target is the objective to be reached.
It was chosen by the archer and though it is a long way off, we cannot blame it when we fail to hit it.
In this lies the beauty of the way of the bow: you can never excuse yourself by saying that your opponent was stronger than you.
You were the one who chose the target and you are responsible for it.
The target can be larger, smaller, to the right or the left, but you always have to stand before it, respect it and bring it closer mentally.
Only when it is at the very end of your arrow should you release the bow-string.
If you view the target as the enemy, you might well hit the target, but you will not improve anything inside yourself.
You will go through life trying only to place an arrow in the centre of a piece of paper or wood, which is absolutely pointless. And when you are with other people, you will spend your time complaining that you never do anything interesting.
That is why you must choose your target, do your best to hit it, and always regard it with respect and dignity; you need to know what it means and how much effort, training and intuition was required on your part.
When you look at the target, do not concentrate on that alone, but on everything going on around it, because the arrow, when it is shot, will encounter factors you failed to take into account, like wind, weight, distance.
You must understand the target. You need to be constantly asking yourself:'If I am the target, where am I? How would it like to be hit, so as to give the archer the honour he deserves?'The target only exists if the archer exists. What justifies its existence is the desire of the archer to hit it, otherwise it would be a mere inanimate object, an insignificant piece of paper or wood.
Just as the arrow seeks the target, so the target also seeks the arrow, because it is the arrow that gives meaning to its existence; it is no longer just a piece of paper; for an archer, it is the centre of the world
The ArrowPlenty of great metaphors for our life experiences here.
The arrow is the intention.
It is what unites the strength of the bow with the centre of the target.
The intention must be crystal-clear, straight and balanced. Once the arrow has gone, it will not come back, so it is better to interrupt a shot, because the movements that led up to it were not sufficiently precise and correct, than to act carelessly, simply because the bow was fully drawn and the target was waiting.
But never hold back from firing the arrow if all that paralyses you is fear of making a mistake. If you have made the right movements, open your hand and release the string. Even if the arrow fails to hit the target, you will learn how to improve your aim next time.
If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.
Each arrow leaves a memory in your heart, and it is the sum of those memories that will make you shoot better and better.
we’re so used to wanting everything easy, we forget the real value of hard [trying]. We’re so used to caring about the result, we forget the value of the process. Feeling good is more valuable than being good.From Learning to learn (*) by Spencer Lum (*)
See what happens when you focus more on making yourself happy with your performances, and being less concerned with trying to gauge what others may or may not think. Start small if need be, and in low-pressure situations to begin with, but then expand the experiment as you gain confidence and trust in yourself.Well worth the read and something to remember.
Architecture is so broad and everyone expects you to be perfect in everything. The big secret is we're not. We're only human.
