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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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.
I look younger and better than my years. At least, that’s what I tell myself.
Soon, I’ll turn 39 years old. On Saturday, to “celebrate”, I’ll be running 39 miles.
I’ve run a marathon before. Did that back in February. Hurt like hell. Probably because I tried to run it too fast. It was a particularly windy day and unseasonably hot too. That didn’t make it any easier.
26.2 miles is the longest distance I’ve ever covered on foot. So to run thirty-nine miles will be a bit more.
Nuts, you say? Well, maybe. Fact is, I don’t have anything else to do. Seems I just kinda have to run the mileage to see what it feels like. Just can’t help myself. Besides, like I said, I don’t have anything else to do.
My research tells me to start slow and go slower. I’m keen on “running” an ungodly slow pace. Walking will happen often too.
The objective isn’t to cover the distance in as little time as possible. The objective is to go the distance.
I think it’s kinda cool to run the same miles as my birthday years. Yes, I know it seems nutty to most people. Mountain climbers may provide some useful insight.
British climber George Mallory said in 1924 that the reason he wanted to climb Mount Everest was, “Because it’s there.” Later that year, he and his climbing partner disappeared as they attempted the summit.
Edmund Hillary, the first to successfully reach the summit of Everest said, “You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things, to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.”
I like Hillary’s thinking.
