Almost a musing: 9/6/2021
Wishing
Happy Labor Day! I hope you're all enjoying the day off work!
Quick read
Picasso's Napkin // Foundation for Economic Education
A man once interrupted Picasso at his evening meal. Pulling a napkin from his pocket, the man said,
“Could you sketch something for me? I’ll pay you for it. Name your price.”
Picasso took a charcoal pencil from his pocket made a rapid sketch of a goat. It took only a few strokes, yet was unmistakably a Picasso. The man reached out for the napkin, but Picasso did not hand it over. “You owe me $100,000,” he said.
The man was outraged. “$100,000? Why? That took you no more than 30 seconds to draw!”
Picasso crumpled up the napkin and stuffed it into his jacket pocket. “You are wrong,” he said, dismissing the man. “It took me 40 years.”
Visual
Somewhere in Long Island, NY
Fact
If there were a lily pad that doubled in size every day and after 50 days covered the entire surface of a lake, it would cover less than 1% of the lake after day 42.
Tune
Quote
"Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing." // Alexander Woollcott
Something to ponder
Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty
Personal update
Explored Manhattan, walked a lot. Spent some quality time with some quality people. Heading to Durham, NC for the week.
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Until next week,