RULES

by Sister Corita Kent

Comments

[Marieke]

Good to keep in mind! She is a fascinating woman.

[lisa]

a perfect manifesto,
and it looks alive.

also, i'l letting all my favorite
blogs know that i look daily. i think it's nice to know that? happy new year, and keep up the good!

[samantha hahn]

You are tagged!!!!!
http://www.samanthahahn.com/blog/2008/01/04/101st-post-ive-been-tagged-to-share-stuff-about-me/

[Tony]

Thanks for putting this up; I enjoyed learning about Sister Corita. (And I really like all the stuff you post.)

I linked to your "corita rules" image file on my site -- please let me know if that creates any problem for you.

[jo]

the perfect list for a week full of resolutions. i love this. every single one. especially the need for separation between creating and analyzing. that is often where I get caught. here's to new practices. happy new year dear!

[Shea]

This is wonderful.. Thank you for putting this out there.

[evy]

Perfect and beautiful rules for everything really. Thank you for posting this.

[Kasmore]

Thank you for posting this.

[robertogreco]

Just saw this today.
Those are some rules to live by.
Nice blog you have here.
And congrats on the little one to come.

[Rico]

Fantastic rules... and still applicable today. May I ask you for the official source? Thanks a lot!

[Henri Matisse]

Love the rules. What a neat blog.

[Ron]

Rule #7 Reminds me a story I got in the mail this week. Since it is pretty short and very relevant, here's the whole thing:
Grasp the Positive Benefits of Negative Experiences

By John C. Maxwell

A failure is a man who blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.

—Elbert Hubbard

Working artists David Bayles and Ted Orland tell a story about an art teacher who did an experiment with his grading system for two groups of students. It is a parable on the benefits of failure. Here is what happened:

The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the “quantity” group: fifty pounds of pots rated an “A,” forty pounds a “B,” and so on. Those being graded on “quality,” however, needed to produce only one pot—albeit a perfect one—to get an “A.” Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of the highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the “quantity” group was busily churning out piles of work—and learning from their mistakes—the “quality” group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.

It doesn’t matter whether your objectives are in the area of art, business, ministry, sports, or relationships. The only way you can get ahead is to fail early, fail often, and fail forward.

[aceon]

Hmm.. Its very interesting post. Good luck in the future. Thanx!

[OUC]

Good information looking forward to read more from you. Thanks!

[Japanese words]

Great list. The only one that I would change is the one on work. It is important to choose the right thing to work towards.