ROB OSBORNE | Go Forth & Conquer
So a little bit about me. I'm an artist, a writer, a creative thinker, a runner, a husband, a father, and everything else. I draw cartoons, design things, make things go.
Are you interested in art? Living a life of adventure? World domination? Then you may like what's happening here.
The world is yours. Go forth and conquer!
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Hello 2012. This year, it may serve the artists, the small business owners, the freelancers, and the indie peeps to be more aggressive. Not saber-rattling and war-mongering and swinging-your-fist-first. I’m talking diligent aggressiveness toward growing your art, your enterprise, your independent megaphone. Like Mr. T after guzzling a twelver of Mountain Dew. Awesomely aggressive.
What could you achieve this year if you committed to thinking bigger, getting practical, getting down to business, and taking aggressive action? That last step, the one where you move aggressively in the direction of your bigger thoughts, that’s where the tire rubber hits the proverbial pavement.
Let’s get aggressive.
If you’re looking for busy work, you’ll find plenty of it. There seems to be an endless supply of little things to take care of. But if we neglect the dirty dishes, the weeds, and the broken windows, that will crowd out our capacity to make things awesome. And taking care of the little things so that we can produce more big, awesome things seems like a good idea, no?
On this day in 1881, Pablo Picasso was born. He proceeded to make art, a name for himself, and a ruckus. He’s also been quoted.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
This message has been delivered over and over and over again by the influential, the inspirational, and the tyrannical. Perhaps there’s something to be said for action, no?
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
There is immense pressure from every corner for each of us to conform, and conformity is the enemy of creativity. Artists are non-conformists.
Disciples be damned. It’s not interesting. It’s only the masters that matter. Those who create.
Followers may learn to parrot the message. They may perpetuate the imagery and emotion of the original. But the disciple won’t take the lonesome road of risk. It’s on that road that the master became a master.
Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.
Productivity is output. No amount of dreaming, thinking, or considering amounts to art. You must put the paint brush (or keyboard or whatever) to work. Which reminds me of another quote by Pablo Picasso.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
