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What I want to see in a laurel candidate
May. 19th, 2018 02:14 amSomeone asked in the laurel forum what we want to see in a candidate. I managed to distill my reply to one compound sentence, so am sticking it here for posterity.
I want to see a candidate who so loves their art that they have thrown themselves into it with enthusiasm, eagerly learning as much as they can on the topic, applying what they have learned to create beautiful and/or useful things so that others feel inspired thereby, who has been doing their art for long enough to do it very well, is able to teach it and talk knowingly about it, but also knows when to do other things, so that they have not crossed the line into burning themselves out on it.
I want to see a candidate who so loves their art that they have thrown themselves into it with enthusiasm, eagerly learning as much as they can on the topic, applying what they have learned to create beautiful and/or useful things so that others feel inspired thereby, who has been doing their art for long enough to do it very well, is able to teach it and talk knowingly about it, but also knows when to do other things, so that they have not crossed the line into burning themselves out on it.