THE FARRAH FAWCETT RULE - Brittlestar’s Weekly Newsletter - Issue #32
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THE FARRAH FAWCETT RULE
Farrah Fawcett had great hair.
My hair is curly, wiry but somehow simultaneously fluffy, thin and thinning, and requires hundreds of dollars of product each year and a dedicated and carefully chosen and trusted stylist (Josy has been cutting my hair for 11 years) to look semi-intentional.
I can make it look presentable these days. I’m proud of that. Mainly because I have learned numerous tips on how to control its evil ways and applied them on top of each other. You know, layered one success on top of another.
Douglas Adams, the author of Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, was apparently not really religious but firmly believed that life was created more like a computer program. Line after line of code. Each one building on the foundation of the lines that came before. Achieving detail, functionality, and sandwiches that would be impossible without the layers of code previous.
I’m not sure if he’s right (and I firmly believe it doesn’t matter) but I certainly can see some examples of that in my life.
Everything great is done in layers.
Animation has been created in layers for decades. Photoshop’s whole schtick is layers. Education is done in layers. Losing weight is done in layers (steps). Fancy meals… etc..
If you think hard enough, practically everything remarkable is done in layers.
This gives me some comfort. It reminds me that I don’t need to expect perfection when I start something. I just need to focus on that first layer, finish it and then start on the second layer. Pretty soon I’m on layer number whatever and I’ve managed to create something I couldn’t have without all those layers beneath the top one.
You know, like Farrah Fawcett’s hair.
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Stylist and author as children (basically).