"It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly.… - Steven Pressfield

The enemy is in you, but it is not you.

The children who were able to sit for three minutes with a marshmallow on the table in front of them without eating it were rewarded with two marshmallows when the experimenter returned. But that's as crazy as inbox-watching. Krishna said we have the right to our labor, but not to the fruits of our labor. He meant that the piano is its own reward, as is the canvas, the barre, and the movieola. Fuck the marshmallows.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.