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  • Discussion with Patron – awareness. Interesting data point: Patron and squire brothers got into 3 hour argument over joke: “what part of car most susceptible to failure? Nut behind wheel.” This degenerated to five engineers arguing over frames of reference and definition of “behind” relative to car’s steering wheel. Patron’s book on fighting methods with…

  • Patron and I have often conversation about philosophy.  Patron mind all about fighting, different from artist thought but only somewhat.  Specific question came around concept of what to teach students and how.  Leaning into Patron’s concept of what ‘must be’, focus often is on illumination of path rather than defining or walking path for student. …

  • Most recent scroll for Atlantia, Fox’s Pelican, brought up subject of mistakes and growth. Patron fan of saying “Embrace mistakes, for it is with them that we learn and improve.” Some ways, makes same sense as Bob Ross “happy little accidents.” Something happens unexpected, adapt. Recent conversation however, more on “mindset of mistakes” rather than…