Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Inspired...

Inspiration is the key to unlocking potential and genius. Believe me when I say that there's a trapped genius in us trying desperately to break free.

In challenging the norms and expectations of society, we are forced to examine new and different ways to solve problems - since new problems are created from old solutions, we need to think beyond the present.

Our solutions like a game of chess should anticipate future disruptions and take care to avoid them occurring.

Inspiration equally requires perspiration as Thomas Edison said - 1% Inspiration and 99% perspiration. Equally the "WILL" to persist in a direction in spite of difficulties encountered - that is the true worth of the measure of a dream...

Dream (Inspiration) Perspiration (Effort) Challenges (Obstacles) Goal(Achievement) - the path way to success.

However there always challenges: It is always perspectives that provides the aim

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

Imagination rules the world.
— Napoleon

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step
— Lao-tsu c. 604-c.531 BC

Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven.
— Philipus A Paracelsus


They knew it perhaps we should do the same...

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

In my mind's eye

Free running, Parkour what ever name it is known by...

Spectacular - i would have added another word but my mind is still reeling from what would have under normal circumstances fallen under the technical realm of impossibility...
Human acrobats like jackie chan and a host of others have already taught the basics but these new breed (think david belle) have taken a totally different and revolutionary approach and have spawned a new form...

I have to reassess my earlier opinions...

Wow...
That's in one word exactly what I think.

What would you call it?
A. A sport
B. A martial art form
C. Modern day sports

I'm lost for words here but from reading about the practitioners (and believe me when I say the word) one comes to the conclusion that humanity is a race with no boundaries except those that are self imposed.

It is this that makes us truly great - imagine hence the being that has granted us this capacity to develop and evolve not just physically but mentally as well...

A video that should shed some light on what "this" is...

Also a quick search on wikipedia should provide additional information - it is actually becoming mainstream as a feature in several films (Casino Royale, Borne Ultimatum)
Ps: search for free running, parkour

As a philosophy - it espouses the elegance of flight as opposed to traditional martial arts that espouse self defense...

This gives a new meaning to leaving your enemies in the dust...