Saturday, March 21, 2009

Mad skills

"I got mad skills," as Eliza Dushku said.



Joe said:
The quote "All things are possible with training" at the start of the video is not true.
With continued training I could never do half the thing it this video.
The wisdom of age lets me accept the things I cannot change.

I agree. I used to in into that thing, but not now. That dream is based on the false idea that to be able to win the Olympics or something is necessary to have a full life. I don't even think it's desirable. I almost commented on that when I posted the video. I didn't post it for "inspiration", just for entertainment. People who have some insane skill are not more fulfilled than others. Maybe on the contrary, due to the equally insane sacrifices they have to make to acquire that skill, and the admiration it buys them.

To some this will sound like I don't believe amazing things can be accomplished. But it's more of a shift of priorities. Now I value communication, beauty, and brotherhood with the universe and god higher than winning some contest.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I quote seems to be in order ;-)

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

GilsDesk said...

Great video! Someone proved that the girl-through-the-basketball-net was fake a while back, but it's still amazing stuff all around!

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

I wondered about that, it seemed exceedingly risky, if indeed at all possible.

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Povl, I'm not sure I understand how that amusing quote came to mind here?

Anonymous said...

The quote "All things are possible with training" at the start of the video is not true.

With continues training I could never do half the thing it this video.

The wisdom of age lets me accept the things I cannot change.
Joe

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

I agree. I used to in into that thing, but not now. That dream is based on the false idea that to be able to win the Olympics or something is necessary to have a full life. I don't even think it's desirable. I almost commented on that when I posted the video. I didn't post it for "inspiration", just for entertainment. People who have some insane skill are not more fulfilled than others. Maybe on the contrary, due to the equally insane sacrifices they have to make to acquire that skill, and the admiration it buys them.

Ray said...

"higher than winning some contest."

The real winners, and perhaps the only ones in the end, are those on
the International Olympics Committee, who get to play God to the sports world with their rules and regulations and huge projects. The people conned into building all these facilities most often lose their shirts. It can take decades to pay off the debts incurred for a mere two-week Olympics. That has to be insanity on a grand scale, given the state of the world today.