The War of Art
“The War of Art”, Could Your Life Be More? by Steven Pressfield seems like an interesting book that Darly has mentioned. I believed that all of us are creative in someway but we (Lao people, including myself) don’t use our full potential because there is something that is holding most of us back that is mentioned in this book, and that is resistance, as most Lao people like to live, work, or do things according to our own ‘time’, our own ‘terms’. I’m thinking about getting this in MP3 because I can listen to it while I’m walking, some of you might be interested in checking this out, below are MP3 audio samples, and part of the book.
The Unlived Life
Characters of Resistance
Symptons of Resistance
Turning Pro
Break Through Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Every day we wake up, and, whether we know or appreciate it, we wage an invisible war against an unquenchable foe. This unseen enemy stands between the life we live and the unlived life within us. Fall victim to it as most do and mediocrity is your course. Overcome it and your glory will be the success and accomplishment that can only come with living your Unlived Life. Let world-renowned novelist and fellow warrior Steven Pressfield arm you to overcome this “Resistance” and live your … Unlived Life!
Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
Have you ever brought home a treadmill and let it gather dust in the attic? Ever resolved on a diet, a course of yoga, and then quit on it? Are you a writer who doesn’t write, a painter who doesn’t paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what Resistance is.
Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet. It is the root of more unhappiness than poverty, disease, and dysfunction. Resistance is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, harder to kick than crack cocaine. We’re not alone if we’ve been mown down by Resistance; millions of good men and women have bitten the dust before us. And here’s the biggest problem: We don’t even know what hit us. I never did. From age 24 to 32, Resistance kicked my ass from East Coast to West and back again 13 times, and I never even knew it existed. I looked everywhere for the enemy and failed to see it right in front of my face.
Look into your own heart. Even though you’ve only read a few paragraphs unless I’m crazy, right now a still, small voice is piping up, telling you as it has 10 thousand times, the calling that is yours and yours alone. You know it. No one has to tell you. And unless I’m crazy, you’re no closer to taking action on it than you were yesterday or will be tomorrow. You think Resistance isn’t real? Resistance will bury you!
You know, Hitler wanted to be an artist. At 18 he took his inheritance, 700 kronen, and moved to Vienna to live and study. He applied to the Academy of Fine Arts and later to the School of Architecture. Ever see one of his paintings? Neither have I. Resistance beat him. Call it overstatement, but I’ll say it anyway: It was easier for Hitler to start World War II than it was for him to face a blank square of canvas.
Better hurry up and send me your Meal submission as time is running out. 
