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What Workshifters Can Learn From Artists

By AJ Leon on June 29, 2010 11:37 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
"Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen."
Leonardo da Vinci

This makes perfect sense for a painter who is an arm's length away from his work most of the day.  Its only once he climbs off his scaffold and glances at a full view of his work that he can see clearly the areas that need improvement.  I feel like a painter sometimes.

Why can't we take this same approach for the projects we are working on.  Often, we get so mired in the day to day stuff that it becomes increasingly diificult for us to remember what the whole picture looks like and to get creative with its direction.


(Shot at Mont Saint Michel, France)

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AJ Leon has been a vagabond workshifter since October 2008, traveling over the world with his wife and business partner, helping charities embrace the social web and utilizing "real time" web technologies to empower third world communities. AJ is the Co-Founder of the LaC project, a company with no headquarters, comprised of a workshifting staff, dispersed around the world, dedicated to seeking, collaborating & partnering with those hell bent on changing the world.

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What Workshifters Can Learn From Artists
"Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen."
Leonardo da Vinci

This makes perfect sense for a painter who is an arm's length away from his work most of the day.  Its only once he climbs off his scaffold and glances at a full view of his work that he can see clearly the areas that need improvement.  I feel like a painter sometimes.

Why can't we take this same approach for the projects we are working on.  Often, we get so mired in the day to day stuff that it becomes increasingly diificult for us to remember what the whole picture looks like and to get creative with its direction.


(Shot at Mont Saint Michel, France)

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