Reading, writing, photography, publishing.
Put another way:
Research, output, curation, with style.
Element to make a decent issue. Working, improving on these daily. Keep this going for five, ten, 20 years, it will reach unimaginable heights.
One more word, 'experience'. Experience, such as seeing Falstaff, Norma, or Der Rosenkavalier, at the Met Opera in NYC. Going to the Guggenheim Museum to see, in person, the art by Alex Katz. Walking through the wonderful scent of spices in the markets of Marrakech. Seeing the migrating Cranes in the winter snow fields of Hokkaido. But then there is the life and death that is all around us. The everyday, when I stop and listen, the songlines.
So I jump in, stop to listen, then paint.
Today's sound pick by ClassicAsobi - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 27, 30, 31 & 32