November 30, 2005
Sport and Art
Just as athletes pass the point beyond which they can produce at a professional level, so too with designers, writers, artists. While it is understandable, and even perhaps expected, that one who has participated with passion in an endeavor, who has developed themselves toward a goal all of their lives and suddenly finds themselves at the point beyond which they are able to compete at a commendable level, might find it difficult to switch their focus to another pursuit, the artist or writer or designer who hangs on past their prime engenders the same confusion and empathy as the sport’s hero who lingers beyond his greatness.