The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard

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The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard

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So you don’t begin an action because you’ve thought about it long enough to judge that it’s the best of all possible choices, but because indecision is the worst of all evils, and there just isn’t time to examine them all. Seen like this, beginning is the key to completing. It means forgetting about deliberation, hesitation, and calculation and just getting on with the job. Not tomorrow, not later: here and now. Don’t wait for the first of January to make your vows. Alain says: “Making a resolution means nothing; taking up a tool is what’s needed. The thought will follow. Consider that thought cannot guide an action that has not been embarked on.” So you don’t have to renounce all thought when you act, but you must think only inside the action, at its service, and only when necessary. Thought must be as light as possible, it must not trip you up. When it is regulated by action, thought is a powerful tool. Left to itself, and to doubt, it will be your scourge. If you thought the book’s title was confusing then the chapter on “Hit the target without aiming” will throw you off. But there is a difference between trying too hard to hit a target and preparing well enough, physically and mentally, to hit Taking the first step: anxiety of all lovers, nightmare of all tightrope walkers. “I wouldn’t be able to walk on that wire if I wasn’t sure before taking the first step that I could do the last . . . It’s very close to religious faith.” Who’s saying this? Philippe Petit. Who’s Philippe Petit? The best way of introducing him would be to make you feel what he does. So let me suggest a little thought experiment. At the end of this paragraph I want you to close your eyes, count to ten, and open them again. Here we go.The people who gathered in Montparnasse formed a sort of foreign legion, though the only crime they had on their conscience was that of being far from home, far from their own milieu . . . Paris had handed over this small corner to us . . . This place for the displaced was as Parisian as Notre-Dame and the Eiffel Tower. And when, like a firework, genius erupted out of this small crowd, it was still the Parisian sky that received its reflected glory. Adele poses with BFF Alan Carr, 47, on the night she confirmed she had married Rich Paul - and the comedian's new toyboy lover, 27, took the photo A Nicole Young denies accusation that she 'rearranged her face', plastic surgeons reveal procedures that could have caused change The REAL reason why Grace Dent QUIT I'm A Celeb: Food critic, 50, reached breaking point after being voted for a trial Stacey Solomon rolls round on the floor in panic as she attempts to rescue a bird trapped under her sofa - whilst husband Joe Swash films the whole thing

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Ferne McCann looks cosy in a cardigan and beanie hat as she takes daughters Sunday, 6, and Finty, 4 months, to Winter Wonderland Talk about the world's best job! A DOUGHNUT SCIENTIST reveals how she is creating a healthier future for bakery... He was in a state of grace. I’ve tried to find that state, I’ve worked on it, I try to transmit it, to dissect it. There are days when all of a sudden you’ve got all the elements in place and it comes naturally, because you’ve been working at it for fifteen years, and suddenly for no obvious reason, you’re touched by grace. I remember various moves he made, I remember them winning, of course, but mostly his moves, and especially his face. His face, look, even while I’m telling you this, I’ve got goosebumps, it was just so extraordinary. And the way he just kept looking up at the sky. You know, it was . . .

The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard

For pianist Hélène Grimaud, who is as famous for her conservation work with wolves as for the beauty of her playing, the artist at the keyboard is in a state of “visitation.” They “vibrate” with the intuition of a presence, their “thought suddenly receives a kind of illumination, and in turns moves the body accordingly.” Here the vocabulary is no longer that of the sports field; it’s both religious and supernatural. when it “takes off” it’s like a well-oiled machine that functions to perfection. It’s like when you see someone run one hundred meters in ten seconds. You see the miracle of sentences mounting up, and your mind functions almost outside itself. You become a spectator of yourself. When that happens, I write really easily, and I just can’t stop. And when it works it’s fantastic. They’re really blessed moments. Yes, sometimes, you feel just like the queen of words. It’s extraordinary, it’s paradise. When you believe in what you’re writing it’s an incredible pleasure. You feel like queen of all the earth.

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