I get a lot of joy with a cup of coffee and idea swapping with a friend or stranger.
And yet, I don’t do it enough.
This should be a pursuit for us all: more swapping.
Invoke thy sense of awe, ignite wonder, swap your ideas, and let them ricochet where they may.
Where two or more are gathered, I’m convinced the trailing sound of ricocheting ideas is where this is all headed.
A single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values.
By definition alone this cannot be you.
Thomas Edison made over 1000 unsuccessful attempts creating the light bulb.
When asked about how it felt to fail 1000 times, he simply responded with saying, “I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.”
How many of us throw our hands up and surrender the dream at step 2? I’m guilty.
It’s quite dangerous to not repeatedly fail.
In 1983 Thomas Clifton wrote about the subjective experience of music and said the boundary between music and noise changes over time as the conventions of musical interpretation evolve within a culture, to be different in different cultures at any given moment, and to vary from person to person according to their experience and proclivities. It is further consistent with the subjective reality that even what would commonly be considered music is experienced as nonmusic if the mind is concentrating on other matters and thus not perceiving the sound’s essence as music.
That may be one of the most beautiful distinguishing blueprints of music/noise that I’ve ever read.
At LTMPblog we seek to find experience, meaning, and fulfillment within the framework of music as a metaphor with our lives, families, and businesses. Essentially, our goal is to define, find, and create whatever the music to your follower’s, friend’s, and customer’s ear is…and you can do this by noticing what their hands exchange, observing where their feet take them, and reading their expressions and experiences within one’s cultural framework and mindset as they partake in your so-called music.
Whatever or whomever you’re leading, just know that music leaves clues.
Ashton.Gustafson 