[Lowfer] Rememberances

[Zack Widup]

There are many variations on this story but this is the idea:

The story goes that Picasso was sitting in a Paris café when an admirer 
approached and asked if he would do a quick sketch on a paper napkin. 
Picasso politely agreed, swiftly executed the work, and handed back the 
napkin, but not before asking for a rather significant amount of money.

The admirer was shocked: "How can you ask for so much? It took you a 
minute to draw this!" ...  "No", Picasso replied, "It took me 40 years."

73, Zack


On Fri, 5 Sep 2008, Peter Cranwell wrote:

> Kids today want immediate gratification.  Even some of the 40 year old crowd 
> doesn't have patience to work on projects that may take weeks - months - 
> years.
>
> I play piano in a local church.  I love classical music.  When I perform I 
> usually get the comment "I wish I could play like that".   My reply (many 
> times not verbalized) is "You might be able to if you dedicate several hours 
> a day, every day of the week for most of your life."
>
> Radio takes study and time, not to mention money.  The days of cheap surplus 
> are long gone.  Now the projects take a lot of cash.
>
> Young folks today want to plug it in, turn it on and expect flashing lights, 
> and all sorts of magic but few are willing to invest the time to understand 
> it and when they hear static they don't want to listen.  If they can't call 
> up Antartica on first try they go on to something else.
>
> Guess what...... My piano works even when the power is out.
>
> Pete
>