“How you climb a mountain is more important than how you reach the top.” – Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia.
In climbing, like in a lot of sports or physical pursuits, there are hobbyists, athletes, practitioners and artists.
When the movement or sport is done fully, with full presence and embodiment, it is the work of an artist.
It’s a different “how,” and we can even notice this as a lay-person watching on.
We find a similar thing with our work and projects. There are hobbyists and practitioners, who exercise a skill set.
Then there are artists. The artist explores, steals ideas and experiments with them, and has a full commitment to this process.
There is almost an abandonment – a release of their work to the world.
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t. And again, as we watch on, we can see the difference.
Maybe the move towards being an artist isn’t necessarily one of skill, but maybe one of awareness of the fear that often holds us back, and making the choice to climb the mountain a different way.
