Greetings Friends,
Thank you for reading and listening this week! Below is a short contemplation, “On the Art of Industry,” from Vincent van Gogh's letters, along with links to this week’s meditations. As requested, I added the “episode transcript” to this week’s solo episode (“Think Like a Mortal”) on In Search of Wisdom.
Until next week, be wise and be well!
📿 On the Art of Industry
This week’s contemplation comes from the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853—1890). In his letters to his brother, van Gogh wrote,
Art requires resolute and unremitting industry, as well as incessant observation. By resolute industry, I mean constant industry and the power to maintain one's own point of view against the assertions of others. …
He continued,
Therefore it is the painter's duty to become absorbed in Nature, to exercise all his intelligence, and put all his feeling into his work so that it may be comprehensible to others. …
Contemplation Questions (Pick one or create your own!):
What is the connection between “industry” and “observation”?
How might you “become absorbed” in the art of living?
This Week’s Meditations…
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Thank you for reading/listening this week; I hope you found something useful.
Until next time, be wise and be well,
J.W.
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