tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27091999.post-79909712071280962462008-06-30T20:42:00.000-07:002008-07-04T09:49:27.398-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xN80fClzK_I/SGmuYL4_BxI/AAAAAAAAAN0/sgFf6tToEE8/s1600-h/larivien318.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_xN80fClzK_I/SGmuYL4_BxI/AAAAAAAAAN0/sgFf6tToEE8/s400/larivien318.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217893373817325330" /></a><br />This photo is of Lisa Fonssagrives, one of the world's first supermodels who was the wife of photographer Irving Penn and the face of Dior's 'New Look'. The haute couture shows started today and some of the clothes are extraordinary! I am going to shoot tomorrow with Dennis Galante, and feathers suddenly seem like an excellent idea.<br /><br />One of my favorite books of all time is THE 48 LAWS OF POWER, based on 'The Art of War' and very useful for business. <br /><br />Page 295 states:<br /><br />"Time is an artificial concept that we ourselves have created to make the limitlessness of eternity and the universe more bearable, more human.<br /><br />Since we have constructed the concept of time, we are also able to mold it to some degree, to play tricks with it. The time of a child is long and slow, with vast expanses; the time of an adult whizzes by frighteningly fast.<br /><br />Time, then, depends on perception, which, we know, can be willfully altered. This is the first thing to understand in mastering the art of timing. If the inner turmoil caused by our emotions tends to make time move faster, it follows that once we control our emotional responses to events, time will move much more slowly.<br /><br />This altered way of dealing with things tends to lengthen our perception of future time, opens up possibilities that fear and anger close off, and allows us the patience that is the principal requirement in the art of timing.<br /><br />There are three kinds of time for us to deal with; each presents problems that can be solved with skill and practice.<br /><br />First, there is LONG TIME: the drawn-out, years-long kind of time that must be managed with patience and gentle guidance. Our handling of long time should be mostly defensive - this is the art of not reacting impulsively, of waiting for the opportunity. <br /><br />Next there is FORCED TIME: the short-term time that we can manipulate as an offensive weapon, upsetting the timing of our opponents. <br /><br />Finally there is END TIME, when a plan must be executed with speed and force. We have waited, found the moment, and must not hesitate.<br /><br />AN EXAMPLE OF LONG TIME: <br /><br />The famous seventeenth-century Ming painter Chou Yung relates a story that altered his behavior forever. Late one winter afternoon he set out to visit a town that lay across the river from his own town. He was bringing some important books and papers with him and had commissioned a young boy to help him carry them. As the ferry neared the other side of the river, Chou Yung asked the boatman if they would have time to get to the town before its gates closed, since it was a mile away and night was approaching. The boatman glanced at the boy, and at the bundle of loosely tied papers and books - "Yes," he replied, 'if you do not walk too fast."<br /><br />As they started out, however, the sun was setting. Afraid of being locked out of the town at night, prey to local bandits, Chou and the boy walked faster and faster, finally breaking into a run. Suddenly the string around the papers broke and the documents scattered on the ground. It took them many minutes to put the packet together again, and by the time they had reached the city gates, it was too late.<br /><br />When you force the pace out of fear and impatience, you create a nest of problems that require fixing, and you end up taking much longer than if you had taken your time. Hurriers may occasionally get there quicker, but papers fly everywhere, new dangers arise, and they find themselves in constant crisis mode, fixing the problems that they themselves have created.<br /><br />Sometimes not acting in the face of danger is your best move - you wait, you deliberately slow down. As time passes it will eventually present opportunities you had not imagined..."<br /><br />I have been thinking about this a lot lately.<br /><br />Natives of course use the term 'Indian Time' which means, you get there when you get there. When we rush, we fall to the ground and scrape our knees.The Pin-Up Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08155522630535618451noreply@blogger.com