Comments on: First One Under My Belt http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/ inspiring creative professionals Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mark McGuinness http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-21029 Mark McGuinness Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:30:05 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/#comment-21029 Right now, writing poetry is definitely harder. I'm at the beginning aikido stage, so it's challenging, but the challenge is to learn the rules and get the 'right answer' in terms of performing the techniques properly. Writing poetry is about rewriting the rules, or making up new ones - 'The second right answer', as somebody once said ;-) I can imagine aikido getting much harder though, with the freestyle sessions where you have to spontaneously choose the right defence against unpredictable attacks. And of course there are always those occasions when you surprise yourself by writing something that feels easy but you're very pleased with it (for a day or two, anyway...) Right now, writing poetry is definitely harder. I’m at the beginning aikido stage, so it’s challenging, but the challenge is to learn the rules and get the ‘right answer’ in terms of performing the techniques properly.

Writing poetry is about rewriting the rules, or making up new ones – ‘The second right answer’, as somebody once said ;-)

I can imagine aikido getting much harder though, with the freestyle sessions where you have to spontaneously choose the right defence against unpredictable attacks. And of course there are always those occasions when you surprise yourself by writing something that feels easy but you’re very pleased with it (for a day or two, anyway…)

]]> By: Roger von Oech http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-20994 Roger von Oech Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:04:55 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/#comment-20994 No messing with Mark now! Which is more challenging: passing an Aikido test or writing a poem that satisfies you? No messing with Mark now!

Which is more challenging: passing an Aikido test or writing a poem that satisfies you?

]]> By: Mark McGuinness http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-20398 Mark McGuinness Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:35:21 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/#comment-20398 You lookin' at me??? You lookin’ at me???

]]> By: Antonio Gould http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-20366 Antonio Gould Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:44:07 +0000 http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/blog/2007/01/24/first-one-under-my-belt/#comment-20366 Thanks for the warning - I'll make sure I never knock your pint over! Thanks for the warning – I’ll make sure I never knock your pint over!

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