On Instinct, among other things.

We were indirectly asked, which comes first, talent or passion? Pondering over the chicken-and-the-egg-like question throughout dinner, we gave up after a few drinks. Days later, I was driving [just after sunset] and realized it wasn't that complicated. It's passion. Most definitely passion. Motivation does not exist without passion. Curiosity. Creativity. Practice. Passion must fuel it all. [Unless you're driven by something entirely different (ahem, money), and art is not your interest.]

Last night I went to see The September Issue. While the documentary is about the fashion industry & a magazine that sells expensive clothes - within the look at a business [with investors, and sales groups] - there is an art. In the film, we meet Grace Coddington, fashion editor & stylist for Vogue, who visualizes multiple page spreads for the magazine every month, many of which never get published. So I got to thinking about instinct - the ability that people have to imagine and create - in this case it was a fashion photo - which stems from an instinct from inside of their very own person. Grace is just one example of the many truly talented people there are in the world making tiny decisions about every detail to create one masterpiece.

So I think instinct must come before passion or talent. And the beautiful thing is, we've all got our own. It's who we are and who we want to be. It works in amazing and magical ways, and creates something special, and different, and I think that's what we end up admiring in each other.

Go see The September Issue if it is showing in your city. It got my mind buzzing in so many ways.