Good at anything

It is really hard to be really good at anything… thinking of athletics and poetry. The step from fun-run to club runner is huge. And, from club to national team is almost inconceivable. In any sport. Art is different. The rules are unwritten. The class boundaries, permeable. Tastes change. The courage it takes to set your own nearly impossible targets and strive to achieve them when very few will ever care or notice I find terrifying.