The Jack of All Trades

[michaelpdunn]

I've been talking an awful lot about music lately, lets break from that.

I want to talk about specialization and why the modern age views it as necessity. Lets think about a man like Leonardo De Vinci. By all accounts a great ... a great what? architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter (among other

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[eyeburnbridges]

for saying all that. I agree with you 110 percent about the being and the becoming and especially about why this day in age has to have a "specialization." I feel like bosses, grad schools, parents, society is always asking me why i have played around in so many different fields. Why the hell can't I be a theripist, english prof, author of physics, philosophical publich speaker, poet, painter, actress, and entreprenuer????? HONESTLY. What ever happened to the renissance men and women? Can we bring that back in style?

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[michaelpdunn]

in short, yes.

but who cares, wouldn't "being and becoming" be a bitchingly awesome name for my first collection of philosophical essays?

survey says.

i pick the subject

[eyeburnbridges]

the next thing i want u to talk about it stereo types.

agreed.

[anonymous]

mostly because a)i dont have anything i can pinpoint to say i'm great at (i doubt Da Vinci thought so either) and b)i like too many things.

it is a drawback to always try to explain what you do. i guess true renaissance men arent into elevator summaries...

-Peter