Renee De Four
@reneedefour
Renee De Four
@reneedefour
The challenge is to structure oneās workflow in a way that insight and new ideas can become the driving forces that push us forward. We do not want to make ourselves dependent on a plan that is threatened by the unexpected, like a new idea, discovery ā or insight.

š Agnes Martin - My Rabbit Hole of Exploration
Here is the answer to the question I asked in the first post. Agnes Martin discovered that painting was all she needed to be fulfilled in this life. I wonder at what age in life did she discover this? Was it an innate knowing or did she struggle?
I envy people like this who know what their āthingā is. Iām 30 years old and it frustrates me deeply that I donāt have a strong affiliation with one thing. Whether thatās writing, or reading, painting or playing an instrument. Iām starting to wonder if I need to try new things?
What I do enjoy - building workflows with digital tools, solving problems by creating systems does not feel like an artistic thing!
I can build and perfect a Notion or Tana workflow for hours until a solution is found but something feels like itās missing. Maybe itās because itās not tangible like painting?
I donāt know but I think I need to pick up pottery - maybe that will be my thing.
Update 1/4/25 9:15 pm - This quote also reminds me of Hirayama from Perfect Days. He too discovered something far more precious than material accumulation.

š Agnes Martin - My Rabbit Hole of Exploration
This is where my journey with Agnes Martin begins - chapter 4, part 3 of A Simpler Life titled āvoluntary povertyā.
The first time I read this, I was at a loss for words. How can someone live like this? I suppose a better question is, what did Agnes Martin realize or see that most of us donāt? Somehow, she was able to see that these fleeting forms of pleasure donāt bring happiness anyway, like Rupert (Spira) says.
Something else fulfilled her and it wasnāt to be found in acquiring material objects.
Personally, I know these things donāt bring happiness, certainly not in and of themselves. Iāve known this for years yet I still fall back into these cycles of materialistic consumption. I must pay more attention to the moment that my awareness shifts from the internal to external.