http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Tue, 22 May 2012 00:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-39935 Backpacking II – The Madness of Crowds « TimWoolery.net Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:46:47 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-39935 [...] at the top,” they say.  Is that what I’m pushing myself toward?  Metaphorically, we all have our own mountains to climb – must we choose between the mountain and the crowd?  Logic would suggest that the answer [...] […] at the top,” they say.  Is that what I’m pushing myself toward?  Metaphorically, we all have our own mountains to climb – must we choose between the mountain and the crowd?  Logic would suggest that the answer […]

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1184 michaela Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:11:42 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1184 what is the biggest mountain in the world what is the biggest mountain in the world

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1183 gregoir Sat, 28 Aug 2004 03:35:55 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1183 lavonne, i think if it's really the goal you are been put on the earth for, it wouldn't feel like a job. doing the dishes is a task, you don't like doing it but you have to. The sentence someone else posted on here made alot of sense to me 'Pick the mountian you are willing to die on' go after the one thing that will give meaning to all the rest and it will not seem like a hassle to archive. and i believe that the path is more fun than the goal. it's like chasing girls. the chase is more fun than the catch many times. lavonne, i think if it’s really the goal you are been put on the earth for, it wouldn’t feel like a job. doing the dishes is a task, you don’t like doing it but you have to. The sentence someone else posted on here made alot of sense to me ‘Pick the mountian you are willing to die on’ go after the one thing that will give meaning to all the rest and it will not seem like a hassle to archive.
and i believe that the path is more fun than the goal. it’s like chasing girls. the chase is more fun than the catch many times.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1182 lavonne Sat, 07 Aug 2004 10:23:54 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1182 oy vey. don't tell me i have to start climbing that damn mountain AGAIN. i've been slipping and sliding down the slope for so many years now... oy vey. don’t tell me i have to start climbing that damn mountain AGAIN. i’ve been slipping and sliding down the slope for so many years now…

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1181 krawdaddee Sat, 07 Aug 2004 06:02:43 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1181 you seem to be identifying the difference b/w an artist and a performer. the two are often, but not necassarily (sp?) always, the same. you seem to be identifying the difference b/w an artist and a performer. the two are often, but not necassarily (sp?) always, the same.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1180 acm Thu, 05 Aug 2004 05:48:34 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1180 Here's a different thought: are there "false Everests"? e.g., could you think that you were drawn to "art," when really you were drawn to acclaim? I suspect that there are times for everybody when looking inside might reveal that what we need to do is lay aside the thing we've been driving toward (the acclaim, via the art) in favor of what we really want (success by entirely different criteria, such as happiness with private scribblings, or to play with the kids in the park, or whatever)... or is this just part of "admitting that you have an Everest" (and that it might not be what you thought)? another penny in the pond Here’s a different thought: are there “false Everests”? e.g., could you think that you were drawn to “art,” when really you were drawn to acclaim? I suspect that there are times for everybody when looking inside might reveal that what we need to do is lay aside the thing we’ve been driving toward (the acclaim, via the art) in favor of what we really want (success by entirely different criteria, such as happiness with private scribblings, or to play with the kids in the park, or whatever)…
or is this just part of “admitting that you have an Everest” (and that it might not be what you thought)?
another penny in the pond

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1179 Ron Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:37:06 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1179 Thank you, sir. I think I WILL rock on. Thank you, sir. I think I WILL rock on.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1178 marc Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:39:24 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1178 Thanks for this site. I've been back several times, so something you say is clicking. I've got a job as an AD that some would kill for, but its dead-end, not creative, and I've never felt less creative in my life. Not long ago, I'd given up having a job that I loved, and felt tremendously sad for that. Thanks for this site. I’ve been back several times, so something you say is clicking. I’ve got a job as an AD that some would kill for, but its dead-end, not creative, and I’ve never felt less creative in my life. Not long ago, I’d given up having a job that I loved, and felt tremendously sad for that.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1177 marc Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:38:26 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1177 Thanks for this site. I've been back several times, so something you say is clicking. I've got a job as an AD that some would kill for, but its dead-end, not creative, and I've never felt less creative in my life. Not long ago, I'd given up having a job that I loved, and felt tremendously sad for that. Thanks for this site. I’ve been back several times, so something you say is clicking. I’ve got a job as an AD that some would kill for, but its dead-end, not creative, and I’ve never felt less creative in my life. Not long ago, I’d given up having a job that I loved, and felt tremendously sad for that.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1176 marc Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:37:18 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1176 Thanks for this site. I've been back several times, so something you say is clicking. I've got a job as an AD that some would kill for, but its dead-end, not creative, and I've never felt less creative in my life. Not long ago, I'd given up having a job that I loved, and felt tremendously sad for that. Thanks for this site. I’ve been back several times, so something you say is clicking. I’ve got a job as an AD that some would kill for, but its dead-end, not creative, and I’ve never felt less creative in my life. Not long ago, I’d given up having a job that I loved, and felt tremendously sad for that.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1175 Tony Tue, 03 Aug 2004 07:26:27 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1175 I have never heard of you before but " . . . And I think you agree with me. Otherwise you wouldn't have read this far" really struck me in a way that I can't quite describe. I just know I needed to reply immediately and say thanks for making this site I have never heard of you before but ” … And I think you agree with me. Otherwise you wouldn’t have read this far” really struck me in a way that I can’t quite describe. I just know I needed to reply immediately and say thanks for making this site

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1174 Wm Alexander Tue, 03 Aug 2004 07:08:31 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1174 How do you know it's your mountain? Brings back some advise I was given a long time ago about little and major life problems. "Pick the mountian you are willing to die on" This is the yard stick of measure for my life and if, "you are willing" then thats your Mount Everest. WDA How do you know it’s your mountain?
Brings back some advise I was given a long time ago about little and major life problems.
“Pick the mountian you are willing to die on“
This is the yard stick of measure for my life and if, “you are willing” then thats your Mount Everest.
WDA

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1173 hugh macleod Tue, 03 Aug 2004 04:49:58 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1173 "Organizational Development"? Sure it qualifies. Why wouldn't it? Everything qualifies. Anything can be a mountain, I would say, because everyone is different. I just used "art" as my own example because that's my bag. I'm not giveing it any special status. If I were a behavioral psychologist I'd use that instead. ;-) “Organizational Development”? Sure it qualifies. Why wouldn’t it?
Everything qualifies. Anything can be a mountain, I would say, because everyone is different. I just used “art” as my own example because that’s my bag. I’m not giveing it any special status. If I were a behavioral psychologist I’d use that instead.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1172 krawdaddee Tue, 03 Aug 2004 04:27:20 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1172 does organizational development qualify as a "creative" endeavor? my mount everest is getting a group of 30 people to work together towards a common goal over a one year time frame. the challenge, which has been underway for about a month now, is calling on every shred of my creativity, stamina, ability, and passion. does organizational development qualify as a “creative” endeavor? my mount everest is getting a group of 30 people to work together towards a common goal over a one year time frame. the challenge, which has been underway for about a month now, is calling on every shred of my creativity, stamina, ability, and passion.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2004/07/29/mount-everest/#comment-1171 Kelly Carlin-McCall Tue, 03 Aug 2004 02:20:52 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=809#comment-1171 Hugh, Great conversation here. Just what I needed today when I feel more like a cave dweller than a mountain climber. It's so nice to know that there are others wrestling with all this too. Kind of like an AA meeting for those who can't recover because one can't recover from being an artist - you can only hold the tension.... Kelly Hugh,
Great conversation here. Just what I needed today when I feel more like a cave dweller than a mountain climber. It’s so nice to know that there are others wrestling with all this too. Kind of like an AA meeting for those who can’t recover because one can’t recover from being an artist — you can only hold the tension.…
Kelly

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