Robinson provides some insight as to why most of us feel like we're "in our element" here at ASFA. He asks four simple questions: Do you get it? Do you love it? Do you want it? Where is it? If "it" is one of the six specialties at ASFA, then ASFA is probably the place for you.
The word "try" is a true artist's favorite word. It implies effort and experimentation. The right combination of effort and experimentation surpasses mere talent every time.
Author Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk disavows the concept of "genius" and strongly avows the concept of work. But "work," that sounds like so much...work. So call it something else.
Graham is a computer programmer, writer, and investor. He is the author of On Lisp, ANSI Common Lisp, and Hackers & Painters. He has degrees from Cornell and Harvard, and he studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Here he talks about the difference between work and "doing what you love," and he describes the two paths he sees to accomplishing the latter.
