This degree speaks of the charming pretension of youth practicing for roles it will eventually fill for real.
"Rehearsing for greatness"
A chubby youth on a hobbyhorse practices the heroic posture before their body can sustain it. This innocent rehearsal for future competence is touching because it reveals that ambition precedes ability — the desire to be heroic arrives long before the capacity to be so.
Left unexamined, an obsessive need to control the charming pretension of youth practicing for roles it will eventually fill for real, twisting what should flow naturally into rigid demand.
Playing at what you want to become is a fine way to get ready for it.
An endless fountain of ideas stimulated by external experience — a mind attuned to harmony and the sharing of stimulating visions. This gate channels the energy of peace through the fertile stillness from which new possibilities emerge.
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