I'M HERE TO EMPOWER YOU!

I’m an artist . . . but that’s not saying much, because I believe, and it is something that I have devoted my time heavily to convey, that art expression is an inherent property of human nature. The media may vary, but not the innate disposition.

Those that know me have heard my “talent-as-myth” diatribe all too often, and if you end up tuning in to my posts, you will encounter it soon enough. It is my goal to change the notion, which a great number of people resign to, that one needs to have “talent” to pursue the art they feel or want and am doing this on a daily basis through my program in the G+ Mentorship Program for Photographers.

With that as preface, I will probably devote a portion of my posts to inspiring artists, but I also plan to impart other conceptions that I have about life in general, with the goal of elevating, encouraging, enlivening or energizing those who read them.

Let me begin with this:

I wish for you the ability to create for yourself all that your heart desires.

Start!


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You can begin by watching "The Myth of Talent" here:


"The Myth of Talent" by Robin Griggs Wood

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"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."
Steve Jobs
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
Leo Tolstoy
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
George Bernard Shaw
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
Winston Churchill

Happy Monday! I wish you all a wonderful week ahead. If, as the week progresses, that doesn't happen for you, just know that with every second that ticks you can CHANGE that ... :o)

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#MotivationMonday #Motivation #Inspiration #QuoteOfTheDay #MotivationalMonday #Success

84 comments:

  1. Edward NortonOctober 19, 2015 at 8:08 AM

    I love a good story, this one's as good as the photo.

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  2. Lauri NovakOctober 19, 2015 at 8:12 AM

    Thank you!!  

    David Bowie came to mind...Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

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  3. Mike JonesOctober 19, 2015 at 8:16 AM

    I haven't got any I only have a £5 note....nice post very inspiring, Robin, Thanks!

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  4. Margaret TompkinsOctober 19, 2015 at 8:21 AM

    I love your post!!  It comes at the perfect time!!  Thanks so much Robin!!

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  5. Peter Talgaard65October 19, 2015 at 8:24 AM

    Sad thing is people hardly change. ...They become more of the same...think about yourself and see if this is not true in many small ways...easiest is to think about your likes and dislikes. Have they really changed that much over time or just become a more sophisticated variation of the original same? Hard to see the real truth...I know myself..love and light ya'all

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  6. Alex PodetzOctober 19, 2015 at 8:25 AM

    Thanks :)

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  7. Pat KightOctober 19, 2015 at 10:05 AM

    I've always felt that's what time is for. Its passing means we get to start over as many times as we want.

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  8. Giulietta DellhiOctober 19, 2015 at 10:33 AM

    My suggestion would be to stop looking in the mirror - look what it does to women : you don't want to end up like that do you?

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  9. Alexander KelmOctober 19, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Супер.

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  10. Cathy Custer DonohoueOctober 19, 2015 at 11:35 AM

    Thanks Robin Griggs Wood  I needed to hear that today.

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  11. Art through the Aperture Photography (Paula)October 19, 2015 at 12:33 PM

    Wonderful Robin Griggs Wood

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  12. RICARDO MARTINEZOctober 19, 2015 at 1:17 PM

    Super plus, Robin

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  13. Peter Talgaard65October 19, 2015 at 3:40 PM

    Giulietta Dellhi now I salute you!

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  14. Kate MarchioOctober 20, 2015 at 10:46 AM

    Such a great message thank you Robin! I love how the arrow points to the hint of a doorway, perfect metaphor for being able to chose what door to walk through in order to make a change :)

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  15. Sassi SassmannshausenOctober 20, 2015 at 12:08 PM

    Change, my mantra since a while:
    Whenever a thought comes to my mind, which doesn't make me happy, I think the word -- change. Works for me.

    (I grew up in an area, where it was easy to be critical, depressed or melancholic. It was more accepted than being happy and motivated. In fact, people called one nuts when they were just happy and euphoric: not serious, not really ready to be an accepted member of society.

    BS! 

    Today I'm so happy to be as far as possible away from that place.)

    :o)

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  16. Pat KightOctober 20, 2015 at 6:25 PM

    Whoa, does this resonate with me...I've never been change-averse, but just recently decided to retire in December 2016 (on my birthday, because when better to change everything?) One year to clear the decks and begin the next great adventure!

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  17. Elizabeth WilliamsOctober 21, 2015 at 11:17 PM

    My change...ignore bad service.....praise the good...ie...speaking to a supervisor or mgr n give. Good feedback on person who assisted me

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  18. Vahab KhanNovember 13, 2015 at 10:32 PM

    Every man think to serve and service to other man.These ways we can change the world.

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  20. Gamini JeyanthaNovember 25, 2015 at 5:48 PM

    Pat Kight

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  21. AnnNovember 29, 2015 at 4:22 PM

    Destiny is a matter of choice not chance!

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  22. AnnDecember 4, 2015 at 10:38 AM

    If you don't take the lead, you will never know where you are going!

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  23. Laurel WhiteDecember 6, 2015 at 6:32 PM

    Profound & yet sounds so simple, ......y is it so difficult to perfect?

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  24. Janet BrownDecember 7, 2015 at 11:19 AM

    So what

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  25. Peter Talgaard65December 10, 2015 at 8:19 AM

    Here's most accurate easiest advice truest possible...live in now.....try it..Most difficult ever westerners. .silly
    Untrained undisciplined minds can not grasp it...I'm 1 too. Try it y'all. ...life changing. ..ps=zen meditation

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  26. Nalini NagarkarDecember 14, 2015 at 5:21 PM

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  27. Kwesi SandifordDecember 14, 2015 at 5:36 PM

    What good is change if only in the mind while the heart is still the same... a man lives from his inner being and if it is corrupt all his thought from it is corrupt. Then he is no good for his community. He is a poet without words a virgin without virginity.
    Change from within and though the outer appearance is marred YET from within the will of good springs forth...then we can say though eyes are ploughed that this man did what was good.

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  28. Orihah smithDecember 18, 2015 at 7:01 AM

    Kwesi Sandiford what is good? Without something being tied up with bad..I say only live accordingly to the situation at hand, regardless of morality and values that will change indefinitely over a so called "time".. Definition is the reason we exist in our projected imagination.. So be sure that what you imagine is what you desire of your definition of life/(halogram?)...oh and always keep smiling:)

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  38. Bella LamJanuary 18, 2016 at 4:05 PM

    Oh God... I'm feeling an existential crisis coming on...

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    good

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    Lol

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  49. Hsseinالترت MhamadJanuary 27, 2016 at 1:51 AM

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  50. Hsseinالترت MhamadJanuary 27, 2016 at 8:50 AM

    اهلا

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  59. Rose angelJuly 1, 2016 at 8:53 AM

    Waooo such an amazing

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  61. Charina EcatAugust 17, 2016 at 9:47 PM

    Very interesting and inspiring..:)

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  65. Robert MugoMarch 15, 2017 at 2:40 AM

    True

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  66. Elizabeth RiveraApril 7, 2017 at 10:25 AM

    Love it
    Thank you Robin +1

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    Very Beautiful

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  70. Atikah Nabiha Atikah NabihaJune 14, 2017 at 12:21 PM

    This is very interesting

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  71. Aradhana ChhabraNovember 3, 2017 at 4:04 AM

    Very inspiring❤👍👍

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  72. Nariza SilvaDecember 13, 2017 at 5:06 PM

    Taza

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  73. Olowoseunre “FUTURE DREAMS ENT” Owojide ChaseDecember 30, 2017 at 2:50 AM

    I think changing means liking and accepting those things, people , you won't ordinarily want or like
    Maybe you need to have a check on those thing you think are mostly not convenient for you and make them convenient

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  74. swetha lavansJanuary 15, 2018 at 9:08 PM

    Very nice

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  75. Okeh MarcusJanuary 16, 2018 at 6:31 PM

    Splendid

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  76. Aradhana ChhabraFebruary 11, 2018 at 4:00 AM

    Owojide Chase Olowoseunre Absolutely correct 👍

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  77. Dustin PowellFebruary 23, 2018 at 5:55 AM

    Change comes at one s footing to become fully conscious and aware beyond the reals of his exsitence. To reach full potential one needs change nb resecepive to change

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  78. maisy huberMarch 9, 2018 at 6:10 PM

    CHANGE CAN COME LIKE "FOG IN THE NIGHT"
    TURN YOUR THOUGHTS INTO REAL THINGS

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  79. Cristina OrtizApril 8, 2018 at 9:37 AM

    Great, my aging pain depression keeps me stuck

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  80. Rose YostJune 24, 2018 at 1:36 PM

    You are so very. Right when it comes to life I want to live as long as long as God allows me.

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  81. Cathy mccormAugust 6, 2018 at 1:20 AM

    I looked at the symbolism of multiple food packets with Time is to change. This is thoughtful in how to benefit from Natural food in Packets. Love Cathy Mccorm* *Au

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  82. Winstone ChangulooSeptember 1, 2018 at 11:56 AM

    Everyone has a zone of genius that no one can conquer them in the
    field.

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  83. maisy huberSeptember 12, 2018 at 6:27 AM

    maisy huber
    IN A YEARS TIME, I HAVE CHANGED, NOT MY OWN DOING.
    TODAY I AM LIVING MY LIFE (ANSWER TO PRAYER) MY WHOLE
    SELF, BODY, SOUL & SPIRIT. . .ALSO "ME" I WENT TO LOOKING
    GOOD, FEELING GOOD AND WHAT PEOPLE SEE IS A TOTALLY
    DIFFERENT WOMAN. THIS "CHANGE" HAS GIVEN HOPE TO
    MANY PEOPLE, FRIENDS, & FAMILY.

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  84. ابو محمد العباديNovember 23, 2018 at 3:24 AM

    تب

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