Show TO THINK S ABOUT sy ay F A WALKER MENT MENTAL AL perspective TT IS a good policy every little while to call up your invisible self and make a critical examination of your methods of work whether you be a pointer painter a soldier or a statesman to do tills this successfully you must fling aside everything that savors of egotism summon all your strength reneth Bt of character and austerity consider that you are about to quiz some vain competitor of whom you are envious and that under no consideration will you spare worthy censure or praise be as aa coldhearted cold hearted a critic as aa herod was a king assume for the nonce that you possess indisputable knowledge of all there Is in art in drilling and in statecraft survey yourself from a goodly distance get the true perspective of your creative makeup make up in all likelihood you have been so close to that which you have been doing that you have not the slightest adea of how your work appears from a distance or in the eyes ot others hundreds of men and women gifted with brilliant talents amply quail fled in every way to perform work pleasing to their own eyes tall fall every year in reaching their pictured godl goal for the obvious reason that they lack mental perspective or inability to observe themselves in n a true light they see nothing beyond the tips of their noises they do not recognize their own thoughts or if they do they hesitate to give them free expansion fearing that their name may be sullied with the crime of stealing criticism from others often stirs bitter resentment on the other hand such criticism as you may find with yourself when the scolding wood mood seizes you especially when it Is accompanied with a full realization of your own frailties can but arouse your noblest instincts and give you new inspiration and courage to wage the battle to a glorious and honorable end ac by mcclure newspaper New syndicate |