Comments on: Aristotle, Excellence and the Photographer

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By: mariomattei

mariomattei — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:22:04 +0000

It's July 31st, 10 days after this post and it just showed up in my RSS… loved the post and I can relate to the addiction of taking photos, the necessity of habits that lead to excellence, and Marco's pyramid analogy… For too long I worked on the base, practicing “mediocrity” as Jerod and Matt pointed out. Those days are gone! As Ami V says in her emails “onward and upward!”

In the tradition of Socratic dialogue we have dispelled the error of practicing for excellence while merely practicing mediocrity. “If we can't objectively see where we are and how far away from excellence we are, we will simply be practicing mediocrity. In fact, you might say we will become “excellent” at mediocrity.”

By: Matt Brandon

Matt Brandon — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:26:45 +0000

True, no “Socratic dialogue”. But it sure made for some good plain old fashion discussion!

By: David duChemin

David duChemin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:10:55 +0000

So, uh, where's the Socratic dialogue?

By: Mhamm

Mhamm — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:34:23 +0000

What a deep profound and most excellent post!

By: cfimages

cfimages — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:34:17 +0000

I second the idea about a post based on the Gandhi quote. I read his “Experiments With Truth” autobiography in my early 20s, and it still resonates with me today.

By: cfimages

cfimages — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:30:40 +0000

I see the “doing what you truly desire” part I mentioned as the same as the search for excellence. If hard work were enough, I'd have gone to law school and become a corporate lawyer or something equally lucrative. As I have no interest in that, the desire would never be there, and I'd never be more than a mediocre lawyer.

By: olli

olli — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:30:46 +0000

But isn't there something in between excellence and mediocrity? The acceptable? The adequate? The pleasant but bland?