“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do.” These words by Mahatma Gandhi have somehow mutated into “Be the change you want to see in the world.” …
The Peace of Art
The other day I listened to an interview with Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art. The book is about the inner battles known to every artist. Creative inner wars start in the most trivial ways: the voice of the inner critic, external criticism, comparing your own work with the work of more successful artists, procrastination, perfectionism, a …
The Love of Your Life
Some days you love it, sometimes you hate it. Sometimes you just get along fine and accommodate each other. Maybe there have been moments when you thought about ending this relationship. It all seemed too hard. But then you didn’t. After all, you’ve known each other since birth, or even longer. The love we’re talking about here is your …
Practice Makes Perfect
During my career as a translator I once worked on a homeopathic Materia Medica. It was a big project, and it took me over 2 years to translate it. In the final stage I met with the author and the publisher for a couple of weeks to get the manuscript ready for printing. I found some mistakes in …