Deal
Today in a commencement speech at Ohio State, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan said, “How are you deal with failure maybe the most important thing in whether you succeed.” My son shared the comment with me. I said “duh.” He nodded. We all know this. We all know that not everyone’s thoughts, words, opinions carry equal weight/have equal impact on both individual but also collective experience. Yes, bad things happen. Yes, this has been a hard year. And yes, when you fall down, it’s about the grace and grit with which you stand back up.
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Looking at art isn’t mandatory. It’s doesn’t get assigned by the court or even really ever recommended by doctors. Like how we respond to failure, it’s a choice. I look at different types of art depending on what I need in that specific moment. When I think about Barnett Newman I know that human perseverance transcends. He shows us our path is always on the edge of an abyss and the literal through line is spirit.
