Focus, because we don’t want to lose our way now that we’ve got this far.

Abstraction, because we want to make the art we do available to more people and places and purposes.

Innovation, because focus and abstraction makes it possible to continually develop what we do.  Check out the development of Picasso’s art and the thinking behind it (and, for that matter, any influential artist).

Here’s our journey towards the future so far:
We have opened our minds to see more.
We opened our hearts so we can let go of what cannot be for what can be.
We have opened our  wills, actioning the future we dream of.
We have imagined personal possibilities for contributing goodness and rightness in our world.
We know we must be merciful often because we will fail many times as we experiment and prototype.

We have come a long way and it’s important to hold on to the values of our personal visions and art.  I have to do this several times a day.  Some have tried to hold this in mind from minute to minute, abstracting and experimenting their art many times a day.

When we remain focused on what matters we can be highly adaptive.  We are able to keep our eyes on the right things and change or develop or lose or add whatever else is necessary.  What we’re on the lookout for are signs of keeping the ways and means, and losing the values – I could never understand why the Royal Mail was blind to the fact it was really in the communication business rather than the letter and parcel business – it’s never got into delivering email and more.

Abstraction and innovation are most anchored when we are are connected to others, our world, and our future Self, and we have identified our talents and passions, resisting what threatens to make impure and contaminate.