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Archives for December 2012

In Proportion

December 17, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

I am not known for my sense of proportion when it comes to the Art I serve. OF COURSE everyone should train. OF COURSE it's more important than jobs or other distractions (I make an exception for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: geometry, learning

Artists and Slugs. Typing too.

December 12, 2012 By Guy Windsor 6 Comments

I am typing this very slowly, without looking at the keyboard (much). This may seem trivial to those of you that learned to touch-type young, but I have twenty years of bad habits to overcome: five … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: bad habits, learning, mastery, touch typing, typing

Affordable Rapier manual download

December 11, 2012 By Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

The rights to my first two books just reverted to me (thanks Greg and the lawyers!) and I am in the process of making them available at a fair price (not the hundreds of dollars that second-hand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books and Writing Tagged With: rapier, windsor books, writing

Complexity

December 3, 2012 By Guy Windsor 2 Comments

I don’t believe in innate talent. I’ve never seen it in a student, and I have noticed no correlation between early successes in training and long-term achievement. But you can draw a linear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: learning, mastery, mindful practice

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