The Porch Swing artist residency series keeps rockin with Samuel Bostick’s WORD of the day creative writing project.. Installation Number 5: Discipline [Part II].
Photo courtesy of Creative Commons, Jim Natale.
Discipline n. 1) Training that is expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, esp training that produces moral or mental improvement. 2) Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training. 3) A systematic method to obtain obedience: a military discipline. 4) A state of order based upon submission to rules and authority. 5) A process intended to correct or train. 6) A set of rules or methods as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order. 7) A branch of knowledge or of teaching.
WORD of the day: Discipline [Part II]
Mind, Body & Soul; discipline is a revolutionary strength.
As the refining pot is to gold,
so is discipline to those who apply it, those who abide in it.
A disciplined mind; development of focus and concentration
A tool of unlimited potential!
A disciplined body; all great achievements are won through great effort
Order in the physical elements is key
A disciplined soul; I read once that a person without control over their own spirit
is like a city broken down without walls
Again, be a disciple to your cause. Submit yourself to the pursuit of the objective ahead.
The self, feelings an’ emotions are concepts. They arise and fall as any other sentiment in this impermanent place. An achievement cannot be taken from by anyone, it is a benchmark.
Do great things—go for the gold all day every day!
Still, be patient with yourself.
Discipline is not always easy and there will be times where you may consider throwing in the towel a time when the burden seems too heavy to bear.
Build a team, a strong core of individuals mobbing in a like minded way.
There is strength in numbers.
A wolf pack, a pride of lions, a battalion of goons…
take down the target!!
We must all run our own race, nobody can do it for you nor for me…still it is encouragement that we need sometimes…it is that one voice that says “you can do it” when we fall from glory and start to feel we can’t. Everyone needs a push, a dear companion in hard times is a great lifeline…trust in yourself, have faith in your teammates, pull your own weight, invest in your team… us versus them. Go for the grand prize.
Again, the self is the biggest opponent…discipline is the training needed to run the race the outcome will reflect the input.
Never give up, do not give in, find your passion-tie it to your heart and run with it, dare to try, have the audacity to challenge any obstacle, live your life according to your beliefs and convictions, be not afraid to make mistakes—take chances…be true and truth will be forever in your presence… overcome disbelief.
Triumph.
Reflection and Response.
Samuel Bostick
the LIFESTYLE’s role is to create collective space for active Reflection and Response through the arts. This space is built around dialogue, expression, collaboration, and artistic (ex)change involving international craftspeople and their realities. The Porch Swing series opens up a Reflection and Response residency where we feature a Collective member’s ongoing project through weekly installations.
the LIFESTYLE 
I feel how Samuel lays out his Vision of each of these concepts. One idea that I got from this piece is that Discipline is a goal in itself even though we often think of it as a means to an end. As Samuel elouquently states:
¨Discipline is not always easy and there will be times where you may consider throwing in the towel a time when the burden seems too heavy to bear.¨
Discipline´s burden can be unyielding, yet when you attain discilpine ¨truth will be forever in your prescence.¨ And that makes it worth it. Thanks for the thought!