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9 Responses to “Inspiration Points: Picasso on—What Else?”

• Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome says:
  6 May 2009, 10:42 am

  My version of that would be: You can’t expect your Muse to do all the work, can you?

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• Graham Strong says:
  6 May 2009, 2:44 pm

  Yes, it’s all the hard work that goes in before you get into the shower that attracts the lightning bolt…

  ~Graham

• Kelly Erickson says:
  6 May 2009, 2:54 pm

  Alex,

  Exactly. My muse just massages my shoulders, so I have the strength to go on. I have to do the work!

  Graham,

  Ouch?

  Regards,

  Kelly

• Eyeteaguy says:
  6 May 2009, 7:40 pm

  They say that Mozart worked when inspiration struck.
  And that Beethoven worked until inpiration struck.

  Mozart was a once in a millenium kind if guy.
  The rest of us are Beethoven.

  Eyeteaguy

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• Todd Smith says:
  7 May 2009, 12:22 am

  It’s like “chance favors the prepared mind.”

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• Kelly Erickson says:
  7 May 2009, 6:30 am

  Francis,

  I never heard that before!

  I might settle for being Beethoven. Not too bad a gig, to be remembered forever! But I’m a Schubert fan, myself.

  Todd,

  Ah, yes. That’s another favorite. It lets you know that all the midnight oils you burn are for a good reason.

  Until later,

  Kelly

• Brett Legree says:
  7 May 2009, 1:24 pm

  I think Picasso’s paintings stink. But yeah, I guess he tried, didn’t he…

  I wonder though, are we really all Beethoven, or have we just not found our audience yet (or they haven’t found us?)

  I’m not knocking either of them, of course – maybe what I’m saying is that there are many unknown musicians who work very, very hard, much harder than a pop princess like Britney Spears, and yet the small musicians will not go anywhere, while Little Miss No-Talent lives in a mansion, and every time she farts people clap.

• Kelly Erickson says:
  7 May 2009, 1:32 pm

  Brett,

  Well, I’ll disagree on Picasso (art’s like that, eh?), but on Who Gets Famous, I’m right there. Actually, I have a post coming up shortly on just that subject!

  Many of Picasso’s ramblings are very deep, however you see his painting.

  Until later,

  Kelly

• Brett Legree says:
  7 May 2009, 1:44 pm

  Oh, *come on*, Friar’s way better than Picasso.

  Friar’s donuts actually look like donuts, for instance!

  Seriously, though, I agree Picasso had talent, but if I want something deep I’m more likely to look at a Giger piece (always liked the Alien thing…)