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For many of us, in fact, that’s as far as we get. We buy the materials, order a stack of books, sign up for a class. Then something rises up inside of us and we veer, promising ourselves we’ll try again, one day, when conditions improve. A few of us push through the first wave of resistance and go further: take the first shots, type the first paragraphs, play the first few notes. Vision, meet reality. Right away, it’s clear that the thing we’re actually making doesn’t match up to the idealized version in our head. Worse, we don’t see a clear path to get from where we are to where we’d like to go. Ultimately that’s where Starters stop—after a few hesitant swipes of the paintbrush. Because you know what? There’s a new, better idea to pursue.
Creative Calling
Chase Jarvis
The friends of the administration, which in 1964 meant most of the nation, were jubilant. It was much later that Morse’s prophetic words were recalled: I believe that history will record that we have made a great mistake in subverting and circumventing the Constitution of the United States… by means of this resolution. As I argued earlier today at great length, we are in effect giving the President… warmaking powers in the absence of a declaration of war. I believe that to be a historic mistake. Johnson signed the document the day it was passed, August 7. Eight months later he told a group of visitors with a grin, “For all I know our Navy was shooting at whales out there.”
The Glory and the Dream
William Manchester
Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging.
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