Neil Finn (*) reveals the truth On Effortlessness (*):
When something looks effortless, like it always existed, like it rolled out of you like a river, then you have done a good job.via Culture: Neil Finn - On writing music for The Hobbit. (*) by Tim Elliott (*).
But what makes that up is painful small, incremental steps, craft, skulduggery, anything that gets you over the line.
I know exactly what he means. All my life I have been told that I made this or that look effortless - it's actually happened a few times in the last week. Always taken it as a compliment, though sometimes I wish I could have shown how much goes on behind the scenes - to show how much I was trying.
Thanks Neil and Tim for giving some perspective and clarity on the issue of effortlessness.
A great quote and a fantastic little snippet for my 1201st post. Will keep them coming. It might look effortless to post these little pieces of wisdom (*) here, but just as Tim says, there is a lot going on to make it happen (BTW, I don't try too hard to find subject matter, it just seems to find me). I have a lot of fun doing it and it is worth the effort[lessness] (*).
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