I mentioned this painting in an article last week and felt it needed more context (plus a pic of what it looks like).
Enjoy!
Here's why writing is the freaking best.
I popped in the art museum last weekend. I wanted to admire a piece by my favorite impressionist painter, Claude Monet – the Columbus Museum of Art has an original called Weeping Willow.
It's an eerie yet captivating portrait of a willow tree completed at the height of WWI. The tree appears in pain and on fire, reflecting Europe's war-torn tragedy. From Monet's POV, the Germans were closing in on France. He could hear artillery fire from his residence in Giverny. What's worse, his only surviving son was sent to the front.
That's the miracle of painting, writing, music, entrepreneurship, and business.
Creators take setbacks and transform that bleeding willow into a lesson for others to learn from and enjoy.
That's what we all really want right? Not to survive experiences but turn them into something beautiful.
Creators do that EVERY SINGLE DAY. Tom Kuegler 🏃 Varun Khadri Jerome H Carmen L. Aquino Niharikaa Kaur Sodhi Kit Campoy Carter Kilmann
Do you have a story about a setback and the lessons learned?
Can you tell it in 500 words? 300 words? How about 100 words?
I bet you could.