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Deceptive appearances

Enjoying a good stiff cappuccino in a coffee-shop the other day, when a young woman came in wearing a paint-smattered smock.

Picture credit: Arty Smokes

So was she a playgroup assistant, or a renowned artist? I will never know.

But it made me think how quickly we can jump to conclusions from first appearances – and how [...]

lost reputations are always given away

Reputations are never taken away

A good reputation is hard-won and easily lost. But the lost reputation has invariably been given away by the actions of the holder, rather than been taken away by somebody else.

Picture credit: Shoot Art, Not Each

I'm a visionary, get me out of here

If prophets are despised in their own land, where does that leave Visionaries – are they trapped or liberated by their own insight? The V word has increasingly wide currency but is far more often misappropriated than warranted. So how do you recognise a true visionary among the pretenders?

Picture credit: krish.tipirneni

Well there is an obvious [...]

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