Joseph Maynor

The older you get, the more skilled at the artistry of conversation you get.

You have to have a natural charismatic energy to do the warm approach which is the inverse of cold approach. This is where people want to talk to you. And you have no agenda other than to create a fun and mutually rewarding conversation. It is about being light, not pushy. As a caveat, this is all in person for me, I'm not talking about online. The charisma I'm referring to is in person. Online is weird because it is more skewed toward visual wordplay. I'm referring to creating conversation face to face, one on one or in a group situation.

I tried everything, lots of Jazz theory books, paying for lessons, practicing hard. None of it resonated that well. What I realize now is I didn't stick with a consistent daily practice routine that actually produces results. I was too scatterbrained in my practice.

You do need right practice though and right advice in artistry. For example, I wasted probably 10 years trying to learn Jazz trumpet and even practicing for 4 hours a day a lot of time, but because I was not practicing the way I do now, I wasn't making much improvement at all.

I can play Jazz trumpet without feeling like I need to be as good as Miles Davis.

They are doing it to connect with you and then you don't connect.

I think it can sometimes be OCD. It depends.

No they are not.

It depends on how much you care about producing excellent artworks in a particular artform. Sometimes you do it for the love of sharing without trying to be a somebody.

This is where it is important to understand your MBTI. So for me it is Ni dominant with an Fe subdominant. For others it might be a Ti dominant with an Ne subdominant.

He has the deadpan shtick down for sure from a comedy perspective.

I just watched this.

@Wilhelm44 I think Jim is saying there both is and is not a self.

Actually I think he is saying there both is and is not time.

Jim seems to be similar to Eckhardt Tolle. He's emphasizing the now. But he is doing it in a much more philosophically rigorous way. The now is important for artistry because all art is created in the now.

But he has a wicked laugh though, he's social. He makes it fun, even though he is attacking everything anyone says lol.

The video is hilarious. It shows a lot about men and women can differ.

I would feel frustrated pushing back on everyone all the time like he needs to correct everyone.

For real?

So you don't feel awakening is possible or legitimate? What is awakening to you?

What I mean to say, probably clearer, is that most people don't trust their own artistry.

It is generally taboo to state that you or I have awoken, so many people try to not do this. To do this putting yourself out there for real takes a lot of courage, let's not deny this.

Guitar is the common one. How long before I get good at playing guitar? This is amazing here in terms of fast development, I don't know if it is folklore or not, but it is commonly said: "Charlie Parker practiced between 11 and 15 hours a day for a period of three to four years to master the saxophone."