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Kill the Magic for Creative Growth
In this segment, James quotes from the Robert Persig classic, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: “When we master some aspect or skill of the creative process it loses its magic because we now understand it. But somehow, a new magic is born from the first death of magic, because we are constantly driving forward.”
The Gifted Underachievers go on to talk about Jimi Hendrix, Slash, and other exemplars of incredible skill in the context of the motivational quality of wonderful art.
If you see something that knocks you off your feet because it’s so good, and you think “I could never do…
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