On Doing

I’ve always been keen on thinking that there’s no such thing as special talent or conditions. I refer specifically to amazing efforts, like Egyptian pyramids, Sacsayhuaman, In Search of Lost Time, Rohmer’s films. While many theories tend to find explanations in extraterrestrials, outstanding IQ’s, unknown methods, etc., I rather think of plain work. Lots of work.

As a matter of fact, I don’t know if there is such a thing as special talent. What’s really  important is that, if I think the reason of those achievements are outside my reach, it is the perfect pretext for not to try something of the kind. And I am not willing to fail because of not trying. If, at the end, I found out that it was true, that you actually needed a certain something to fulfill those projects, at least it will be me who finds out. Personally.