Franz Schubert

1875 Oil Painting

of Franz Schubert

by Wilhelm Rieder

"I am in the world only for the purpose of composing."

— Franz Schubert

Austrian Composer

1797 - 1828

Composition of
Franz Schubert

Why are you here?  What is your purpose for being?  What is the legacy you are going to leave behind?  In his short 31 years of life, Franz Schubert composed over 600 songs, 9 symphonies and a large body of chamber and piano music.  What is the legacy you will leave behind?  We all will reach the end of the road one day.  When you look back on your life, what have you accomplished?  What have you achieved?

As creative leaders, we need a sense of purpose — a reason for being.  We need to hold onto something that gives our lives meaning?  Why are you here?  What is your purpose for being? 

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Jing Si Aphorism - Inspirational Wisdom Quotes by Dharma Master Cheng Yen

Remain soft-spoken and forgiving,
even when reason is on your side.

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Enduring verbal abuse is also a kind of spiritual practice.

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The most simple and ordinary life brings the most inner peace.

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Do not close the door to our heart. By loving others we too will be loved.

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A confused mind suffers agony; an enlightened mind feels at ease.

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Charles Demuth

Self-Portrait (1907)

"Paintings must be looked at and looked at and looked at. . . . No writing, no talking, no singing, no dancing will explain them."

— Charles Demuth

American Artist

1883 - 1935

The Figure 5 In Gold (1928)

Inspired by a poem of

William Carlos Williams:

The Great Figure

One of the lessons I learned early in my career is not to explain my poetry to others.  If I had to explain it, then either I did not succeed or the reader failed to understand.  I would attend writer's groups where we would share our work and then the group would critique it.  Some writers would keep trying to explain their poems if they didn't feel the group grasped the meaning of the poem.  I think the same is true of any art form.  You don't need to explain your work.  A painter shouldn't explain the meaning of his painting.  The viewer has the responsibility in the communication exchange to study the work to the best of his ability just as the reader also has some responsibility.  It is a two way street.  

The Great Figure

by William Carlos Williams

Among the rain

and lights

I saw the figure 5

in gold

on a red

firetruck

moving

tense

unheeded

to gong clangs

siren howls

and wheels rumbling

through the dark city.

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