Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Renaissance man or Jack-of-all-trades?
I like to think of myself as a Renaissance man, but fear I fall more into the category of a Jack-of-all-trades.  I am an artist who despite colorblindness has several hanging paintings in other than my livingroom.  I have designed and built furniture, done block printing, silkscreen, and wood carving.   I was, for twenty or so years, a hobby blacksmith.  I have done home improvements in the form of tearing out walls and building new replacements, run electrical wiring and plumbed kitchens and baths.  I have run a newsletter, written essays, and written a book and sop up all sorts of knowlege like astronomy and physics like a compressed sponge.   I have displayed competence in all these things, but excelled in none.   I fear my constant turning to the next project before the last one has been finished dooms me to the level of mediocrity, not memorability.  What say ye?
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