#artdudeplacement — Public Fediverse posts

What are you capable of?

Anyone can put a challenge in front of themselves that they are unable to do. How well do you know what you are capable of? How well do you know how to make yourself capable of more. I train to know who I am and how I can improve.

~ Jesse Danger

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Inevitable failure

It’s inevitable that you’re going to fail. If you’re not failing, then you’re definitely doing something wrong because you’re supposed to find your limits. There are parts of it that are going to suck the whole way along— that’s a perfect possibility, but you’re going to grow.

~ Adam McClellan

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Fail miserably

You may fail miserably, or you’re gonna break through it— you’re gonna learn something new about yourself, and you’re gonna develop a new skill out of necessity that you didn’t have at the beginning of the painting. So that’s what keeps me excited about making paintings, is because I couldn’t do the same thing over and over again. I have to manufacture some sort of potential failure there.

~ Jonny Hart

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Failure

I’ve recently begun the long project of looking through my past recordings. Only in the last month or so have I been keeping notes about the conversations as I record them, and I want to go back to day-one, (January 28, 2017,) and update my notes on who, when, where— but also the themes and ideas that were discussed. (I’m not listening to everything, just going through the scattered information I already have about the recordings.) Although it’s a lot of work, it’s rewarding to see so many things organized in one centralized system! These days, ideas and connections I find in the slipbox also point me to my specific conversations.

It’s inevitable that you’re going to fail. If you’re not failing, then you’re definitely doing something wrong because you’re supposed to find your limits. There are parts of it that are going to suck the whole way along— that’s a perfect possibility, but you’re going to grow.

~ Adam McClellan

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You may fail miserably, or you’re gonna break through it— you’re gonna learn something new about yourself, and you’re gonna develop a new skill out of necessity that you didn’t have at the beginning of the painting. So that’s what keeps me excited about making paintings, is because I couldn’t do the same thing over and over again. I have to manufacture some sort of potential failure there.

~ Jonny Hart

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Also: Delightful connections like the two quotes above fall into my lap along the way.

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Intentional

About a month ago, I was lamenting the loss of some of my Movement mojo. After some soul-searching, we started with a simple change: Rather than waiting for movement to happen as a part of our day, we began asking a simple question, every day:

“What are we doing tomorrow?”

For fun, we set this chalkboard-wall up to encourage activity and to let us savor the decreasing number of days to American Rendezvous, a Parkour event held in Somerville, just across the Charles River from Boston.

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Parkour and I, six years ago

It’s endlessly rewarding to regularly read through my old journals. Six years ago, June 5 2015, I can now see was a turning point for me. I hopped in a car with John G. and Nick R. and headed to Brooklyn for what would be a life-changing experience.

I had been jumping on stuff pretty seriously for a few years, and the “USA Motion Tour”—a merry band of a few Yamakasi—was rolling into New York City. Two people, now good friends of mine after many years, hosted me on their floor. That was my first true “parkour floor” experience; two square meters to sleep, wifi and a bathroom. I trained my heart out, in a good way, and it was a gateway to countless and continuing adventures.

To everyone who was there— I cannot thank you enough. On commence ensemble, on finit ensemble.

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The over-40 crew from ARDV18

Day 65/100 – walking

long walk to/from lunch with a stop at out veggie plot in the community garden. Some people plant flowers to attract the polinators into the garden. Here’s Cosmopolitan (or Painted Lady) and a classic Monarch. MUCH nicer than a lame shot of me. :) #nofilter on these either.

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Day 64/100 – mellow qm today

I spent some of today listening to music. All I can say is: Be the change you want to see in the world.

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Day 63/100 – doublecheck

yes, still do not like running

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Day 62/100 – late post

Yesterday was all walking carrying the Puffin, followed by a nice evening walk with @geometress catching up from the last few days. Nice recovery day!

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Day 61/100 – mindful

meditation and mindful movement practice with @earth_strider #artofretreat2017

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Day 60/100 – morning movement

Starting Saturday at Battery Park with @andrewsuseno and the Grey Lady in the distance #artofretreat2017 “listen. learn. laugh”

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Day 59/100 – please stand by

First miss!

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Day 58/100 – solvitur ambulando

“it is solved by walking” reviewing material for tomorrow’s presentation and interviews at Art of Retreat in NYC

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Day 57/100 – “feels like 92”

Hello? It’s basically October. Way to go Pennsylvania.

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Day 56/100 – morning run

train just went past (you can see its tracks) Bad jokes: If i have to suffer, so do you :P

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Day 55/100 – choices

Surprise return of summer, so running in evening heat. meh.

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Day 54/100 – heights

working on balance challenges at height at class today @pkgenlehighvalley

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Day 53/100 – qm “101”

Hello asphalt my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again. (Anyone name that tune?) Slow session, but managed to do everything in sets of 25,25,25,26.

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Presenting at Art of Retreat

Next weekend I will be moderating a session about the state of global parkour organization. Please follow the link and submit any questions you feel would benefit the discussion.
http://artofretreat.com/governance/

This session is happening at the Art of Retreat (a parkour leadership and education retreat) in New York City. The event itself is full, but there’s great information on their web site about the speakers, and presentations to inspire you to attend next year.

Meanwhile, this year the event organizers are working to produce more take-aways for the participants and the parkour community at large. As part of the preparation for the Friday session, we are producing a detailed report about the current state of global organization efforts. It will be made publically available as a PDF.

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Day 52/100 – morning run

Less light each day… great to be outside often to experience the changing seasons.

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Day 51/100 – walkin’

These boots were made #fjallraven …er, walkin’ …er, well no, the hat… oh nevermind. The pictures! The pictures are the hardest part of this challenge; walking four miles is easy.

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Day 50/100 – too early

Halfway thru this stooooopid idea. Out for an early run.

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Day 49/100 – repeat

Recycling a photo because I forgot to take one. Lawn work and a walk today. Super sore from Sunday’s conditioning with @pkgenlehighvalley

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Day 48/100 – difficult

taking selfies of running is.

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Day 47/100 – sunday!

After a long drive, it was great to get out and move!

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Day 46/100 – today’s running partner

Meet my great pal Kona! (Also, his human Steve.) Time to pay up for yesterday. run run run run run

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Day 44/100 – different place

Still hate running.

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Day 43/100 – yikes

Just out for an easy walk. Welcome to Pennsylvania. Racer?

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