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Artists, scientists and engineers have a magic trick. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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It goes like this : Focus intensely upon your work. Make it awesome. And let everything else go to hell.

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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (12 children)

That's your shower thought? To make something good you have to put work in?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (11 children)

    But that isn't what I said

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    I suppose I'm asking for clarification.

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  • [+] [S] -12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Try reading the post again then.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Or you could help me understand what you're saying. If you can't be bothered, okay, but it would be nice if you said so.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I'm describing a way of using attention. To put it entirely in one place and to completely remove it from everything else.

    And then the place where you put your attention blossoms and everything else rots.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I honestly fail to understand what seems to be so mind-blowing about this for you. I'm genuinely confused. Because it still sounds to me like you're saying if you focus on the thing you're doing, it becomes good. Which, yeah? That's how that usually works? Again, genuinely confused.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Did I say that it is mind-blowing?

    That 3 problems in a row for you. 2 of them misrepresentation of the words.

    Maybe the problem is on your end. Try thinking about it a bit and then get back to me.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    It seems to have been a thought you had that you deemed significantly unusual enough to post it in showerthoughts. I've been telling you my understanding of your words, under the assumption that I must be misunderstanding something, so you could clarify them for me. Your replies have unfortunately stayed too vague and flowery for me to understand. Carry on.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Graciously, I think they're coming from a place of ADHD and assuming that engineers, artists, and scientists either don't have ADHD or have the superpower "hyperfocus".

    Sadly, hyperfocus is a fickle muse who has chosen not to grace me today. [sobs in ADHD techie]

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, even the fact that OP seems to think (a lot?) about focussing their mind and paying attention might suggest something in that direction. Neurotypical people don't seem to think about that shit (read: that amazing ability to "just do the thing") at all. But I have ADHD too, that's why I know that shit only becomes good (or even gets done) if I actively make myself pay attention to it. I just don't think that's unusual per se, only that I need to work harder than other people to achieve the necessary level of attention. I also (sometimes, on good days, when I've just finished a piece) consider myself an artist and part of that is (most likely) due precisely to the fact that my mind doesn't want to focus.

    Maybe I'm just confused by the flowery language.

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    • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why those three?

    I'm sure there are artists, scientists and engineers that don't let everything else go to hell, and there are likely people in other professions or hobbies that focus on one thing and let everything else go to hell.

    This is probably more of a general personality trait than something associated with those specific careers.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You could say that people with this personality trait are inclined to become artists, scientists and engineers.

    And you could call this personality trait a magic trick.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Or, you could call it ADHD, and trust me, it is no magic trick.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I am sperg, which is arguably an uncommon shape of attention. And I meditate. Which is all about doing certain stuff with attention (and studying it, unavoidably philosophizing about it, etc)

    Which is an uncommon perspective, maybe. But surely other people study it too. (So many of us are enmeshed in it after all, and depend on their facility in it for their profession. )

    And yes, it's a big deal. A very big deal. An elephant in the room.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 year ago*

    Why not call it a magic trick. I mean, technically it underlays science. So it's transcendent to our scientific way of making sense of stuff. Which is a pretty good definition for magic.

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