The focus. 80 percent of your outcome is derived from 20 percent of causes. Focusing on the 20 and trimming down on the 80 percent will increase the velocity of crystallization. Here is the question. What is that 20 percent? This is where I must stop and ponder. Observe, picture, and strategize. Scrutinize the list of goals and areas of focus. Without careful selection, I risk wasting years. Worse, I may end up elsewhere, which is terrifying. The next step is to increase the 20 percent, which is to identify the ineffective 80 percent, and to trimming. This will increase the outcome.
The focus is clear: studying Art History, and writing. Deep read The Story of Art, and gain knowledge for application. What does that look like? It is an index card database, a knowledge box that has wealth of knowledge. Each card is full of nutrients. Neurons that talk to each other. My concept fermentation ground, which will turn into my magic mushroom. A universe, a start to a project.
So, the focus is getting through The Story of Art, by E.H. Gomrich, re-reading and summarizing as the knowledge base.
Goal: get through the book by the end of March. Re-read three times throughout 2023.
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