Trying to become an artist…

I was having a chat and when posting my profile I finished with the sentence that is the title of this article.

Indeed to become an artist in life is a tough task.

The core issue is to have a balance between work and success and to allow to be tickled by life. That is truly an art!

Occidental culture and values coupled with capitalism and unlimited consumerism make the day-to-day activities an endless search to increase incomes if you are a compulsive consumer and need to have the latest digital model TV set, the latest model of a mobile phone, the car of the year and so on.

Even if we believe in a simple life with simple habits, they cost money and not a small amount at that. If we want that our kids have a good education that is expensive. If we want health insurance that is also very expensive. This is just talking about some basic necessities.

If we want to read a good book, nowadays, they are also expensive. I consider culture a basic necessity.

I would be able to continue this list on and on for pages and pages, but an American economist synthesised it very well saying: “There is no free lunch.”

So to develop the balance between needed income and quality of life is without doubt an art and more so if you want to be tickled by life.

But in spite of all difficulties, we never should give up our dreams.

An inspiring poem, from Jose Luis Borges, will keep you on track, and strengthen your objectives to become an artist. Here are a few lines from it:

Moments

If I could live again my life,

In the next – I’ll try,

- to make more mistakes,

I won’t try to be so perfect,

I’ll be more relaxed,

I’ll be more full – than I am now,

In fact, I’ll take fewer things seriously…

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Mario is a seasoned manager and entrepreneur with a broad technical background, coupled with multi-cultural experience and multi-lingual skills, co-founded two high tech start-ups, and now is developing a non-profit project to leverage globally the business development of small entrepreneurs.