tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post9024451676640456468..comments2024-01-31T09:36:11.225-05:00Comments on Two Spirits - One Halle: A Ramble on AdmirationHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-69267531798233268982011-02-11T06:21:40.933-05:002011-02-11T06:21:40.933-05:00Nice spam Tim...
love in the St. Lawrence Market,...Nice spam Tim...<br /><br />love in the St. Lawrence Market, of all things...<br /><br />:)Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-32617851260802067032011-02-10T21:40:08.520-05:002011-02-10T21:40:08.520-05:00Love it! This is off topic I guess but this is sti...Love it! This is off topic I guess but this is stirring some controversy apparently. (I'm not sure why)<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sXTS1gnoQsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564364014637030634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-49764619865391606762011-02-10T06:24:17.890-05:002011-02-10T06:24:17.890-05:00The way different people observe and process the w...The way different people observe and process the world must be so amazingly different right from birth. <br /><br />I know from personal experience that paying attention to the way things look is not something everyone does in the same manner. The person who can draw something convincingly puts what they see on the paper, not what they are looking at; in other words, they do not interpret the Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-61734397812290714092011-02-09T23:50:35.141-05:002011-02-09T23:50:35.141-05:00Practice makes perfect, if you possess the inheren...Practice makes perfect, <b>if</b> you possess the inherent talent in the first place. With out it, forget about it! You can practice until the cows come home and it will all be a colossal waste of time. I have a cousin who has immense artistic talent. I think he inherited it from his accordion playing father. He could pick up almost any instrument, and even without training, play it much better Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600684740584460891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-72663892750557072302011-02-09T11:16:47.665-05:002011-02-09T11:16:47.665-05:00Thanks Ariel; now when I suggest "I'm doi...Thanks Ariel; now when I suggest "I'm doing the best I can", it might actually be true... learning how to speed read might be really useful, considering how much there is to learn and how little time there is! LOLHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-35742251107869749122011-02-09T10:31:59.880-05:002011-02-09T10:31:59.880-05:00Oh, and be careful what you wish for. I knew someo...Oh, and be careful what you wish for. I knew someone once similar to the guy you describe who could eat huge amounts of food. This guy was skinny as a rail. Eating for him was a chore.<br /><br />I think the ability to speed read can be learned. It's a technique more than a talent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-86935562013690631232011-02-09T10:30:11.756-05:002011-02-09T10:30:11.756-05:00Mythbuster to the rescue! And I picked the one fro...<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=people-only-use-10-percent-of-brain" rel="nofollow">Mythbuster to the rescue!</a> And I picked the one from Scientific American so you wouldn't say, oh, that's just Wikipedia. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-27728111142214493352011-02-09T06:52:30.146-05:002011-02-09T06:52:30.146-05:00Not just a little bitter Stace?? :D
It would be ha...Not just a little bitter Stace?? :D<br />It would be hard not to be just a bit envious of someone able to do not only mentally but physically challenging things with little obvious preparation. <br /><br />I remember a guy who could eat anything in large quantities (double portions of everything) and never seemed to gain weight.. always thin. <br /><br />I heard once that the average person only Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-32348265482464391332011-02-09T01:32:19.240-05:002011-02-09T01:32:19.240-05:00I'm going to play devils advocate here :)
Whi...I'm going to play devils advocate here :)<br /><br />Whilst I agree mostly, there are one or two individuals who are just good at whatever they do.<br /><br />One of them works in my team... He smokes like a chimney, drinks nothing but coke and beer and generally does not have a healthy lifestyle. He can also, without training run the 5KM run in a top 30% time.<br /><br />He also picks Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-55461245635150361112011-02-07T22:59:03.814-05:002011-02-07T22:59:03.814-05:00Hard working
Dedicated
Focused
Determined
What wo...Hard working<br />Dedicated<br />Focused<br />Determined<br /><br />What wonderful gifts! :)SuziAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-42599545692126958452011-02-07T21:00:49.914-05:002011-02-07T21:00:49.914-05:00Hey kicks and giggles are the bonuses. And don...Hey kicks and giggles are the bonuses. And don't hide your light, you do craft, it's called turning a phrase.Kathryn Dumkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054997856180869508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-29939720582399203942011-02-07T15:23:48.132-05:002011-02-07T15:23:48.132-05:00Well Kathryn, there are kicks and giggles too, but...Well Kathryn, there are kicks and giggles too, but they usually come after the accomplishments. My hard-working friend plays the piano now as part of a complete life, including much fun. Hopefully we get that too. :)<br /><br />Ariel, my humble thanks for mentioning my scribblings in the same paragraph as the word 'craft'. :-DHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-70028308488299601512011-02-07T15:00:07.461-05:002011-02-07T15:00:07.461-05:00Well, you do have quite a talent with words and wr...Well, you do have quite a talent with words and writing. :) But it's good to remember that much of what we do is craft, and craft requires practice in order to improve.<br /><br />The sports saying you quoted reminded me of another: "You have to be good to be lucky."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-62539729440218094012011-02-07T14:54:03.430-05:002011-02-07T14:54:03.430-05:00I absolutely love this post. It is so true that g...I absolutely love this post. It is so true that great talent and great gifts are nothing without the hard work to make them flourish. There are more people that have been successful with hard work than those gifted without wanting to work with it.<br /><br />Everyone of us here in blogistan does things not for kicks and giggles but because they must.Kathryn Dumkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054997856180869508noreply@blogger.com