My top-ten albums, AKA Desert Island List, is featured today on Six String Theories, a thoughtful music blog by dad, musician and writer @mochadad. I stand by my choices! Although there is a long list of honorable mentions...
Six String Theories - Desert Island List: Casey McCann, Musician and Music Educator
Baseball Beth (@ervarela) sent me this great Mozart quote in response to a conversation on Twitter:
"People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to composition as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through many times." - Mozart in a letter to a friend
Those who have worked incredibly hard in athletics, the arts, or any craft will nod knowingly, while the rest will think it's false humility on Wolfgang's part. Oh well...if everyone understood that ninety-something-percent of what is possible is within reach of anyone, I'd have nothing to write about.
Feel free to call the non-ninety-something-percent "talent." Just don't use it as an excuse for not doing whatever it is you wish you could do.
Hat tip to Beth for pointing me to another great resource: an interview with Malcolm Gladwell on the subject of talent, a topic covered at length in his book Outliers.
