a permanent artistic plateau dooms us, and it, to failure.

THE ZEN OF SPORTS

Most blocked creatives are cerebral beings. We think of all
the things we want to do but can’t. Early in recovery, we
next think of all the things we want to do but don’t. In order
to effect a real recovery, one that lasts, we need to move out
of the head and into a body of work. To do this, we must
first of all move into the body.
Again, this is a matter that requires acceptance. Creativity
requires action, and part of that action must be physical. It is
one of the pitfalls of Westerners adopting Eastern meditation
techniques to bliss out and render ourselves high but
dysfunctional. We lose our grounding and, with it, our
capacity to act in the world. In the pursuit of higher
consciousness, we render ourselves unconscious in a new
way. Exercise combats this spiritually induced dysfunction.

No  longer  conscious   of  my  movement,   I   discovered  a

new unity   with    nature. I   had found   a   new source  of

power   and beauty, a   source  I   never   dreamt  existed.

ROGER   BANNISTER

ON  BREAKING    THE

FOUR-MINUTE MILE