Re: [FRIAM] Lying is an Art?

2010-10-18 Thread Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky
10 6:16 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Lying is an Art? How about the word "misdirection"? Lies we tell ourselves are different that the sleight of hand we offer others, with a wink and a nudge, to say things without being held accountabl

Re: [FRIAM] Lying is an Art?

2010-10-18 Thread Carl Tollander
Artists who don't lie to themselves usually end up looking for a day job too. Carl On 10/18/10 5:15 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote: How about the word "misdirection"? Lies we tell ourselves are different that the sleight of hand we offer others, with a wink and a nudge, to say things without bein

Re: [FRIAM] Lying is an Art?

2010-10-18 Thread Victoria Hughes
How about the word "misdirection"? Lies we tell ourselves are different that the sleight of hand we offer others, with a wink and a nudge, to say things without being held accountable. Art usually (not always) falls into the latter category. Artists who lie to themselves usually get a day jo

Re: [FRIAM] Lying is an Art?

2010-10-18 Thread Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky
Peter and Steve I have heard Peter's quote before ( I suspect Picasso was not the first, just the most prominent ) and other slightly different extensions, "Assemble a man's lies and then you will learn what he values" "First deceive yourself then you can deceive others" "We comfort with