"Trickster", Randal Dutra, 30"x40", oil on linen
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."- Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, love him or hate him, made a large impact on the way most of us conduct our daily business. While the myth of Jobs is sometimes blown out of proportion, he did have a honed ability to connect seemingly disparate views and elements to create a new, unique perspective. He is sometimes described as genius because his innovations seem so obvious upon introduction, yet no one had thought of it before him. Genius can make the complex unknown understood in beautifully simple terms. Genius helps us find something we didn't know we were looking for.
Jobs was a big advocate of being open to many sources and then trying to "connect the dots" in his own way. He had the faith to believe his experience(s) were leading to something new. We can all develop this ability but it requires awareness and reflection. As Jobs says, hindsight is what helps connect our experiences into something useful. The process, however, begins with an openness to that which we do not yet know, and the faith that our individual experience has worth.
Here's to your unique journey!
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