kanzzo
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We leave in a great time of incredible possibilities to learn this wonderful game. With platforms like Accu-Stats and PoolactionTV I have still access to great teachers of One Pocket, even though some of these teachers are not even alive anymore. I always liked being surrounded by nice pictures of my One Pocket teachers when practicing in my pool room.
Stumbled over the same idea shortly reading the book “Steal Like An Artist” from Austin Kleon. Here is an excerpt:
Climb Your Own Family Tree
Marcel Duchamp said, “I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.” This is actually a pretty good method for studying - if you try to devour the history of your discipline all at once, you'll choke.
Instead, chew on one thinker (writer, artist, activist, role model) you really love. Study everything there is to know about that thinker. Then find three people that thinker loved, and find out everything about them. Repeat this as many times as you can. Climb up the tree as far as you can go. Once you build your tree, it’s time to start your own branch.
Seeing yourself as part of a creative lineage will help you feel less alone as you start making your own stuff. I hang pictures of my favourite artists in my studio. They’re like friendly ghosts. I can almost feel them pushing me forward as I’m hunched over my desk.
The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they can’t refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.
Stumbled over the same idea shortly reading the book “Steal Like An Artist” from Austin Kleon. Here is an excerpt:
Climb Your Own Family Tree
Marcel Duchamp said, “I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.” This is actually a pretty good method for studying - if you try to devour the history of your discipline all at once, you'll choke.
Instead, chew on one thinker (writer, artist, activist, role model) you really love. Study everything there is to know about that thinker. Then find three people that thinker loved, and find out everything about them. Repeat this as many times as you can. Climb up the tree as far as you can go. Once you build your tree, it’s time to start your own branch.
Seeing yourself as part of a creative lineage will help you feel less alone as you start making your own stuff. I hang pictures of my favourite artists in my studio. They’re like friendly ghosts. I can almost feel them pushing me forward as I’m hunched over my desk.
The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they can’t refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.
