Friday, March 7, 2014

Mastery


Driving back home today, I turned on the radio and happened to hear an actress talk about Maria Callas. She was describing how hard Callas worked on improving the smallest details. “This is sacrifice”, she said.

I think I almost shouted at the radio “This is mastery!”.

Committed professionals know that to master their craft they need dedication, discipline and a lot of practice. A degree of supremacy in any form of art comes from working on the details no matter how talented we are. 


Maria Callas, La Traviata 
Orchestra sinfonica di Torino della RAI Conducted by Gabriele Santini 1953


 











Joan Miró, La Masía 
1921 - 1922
(etapa detallista)
















The Charioteer of Delphi 
478 or 474 BC
Delphi Museum

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