I fell in love with skateboarding because it was individual; there were no teams, there were no captains, there was nothing to perfect. No style that had to be measured. It was completely opposite of what I saw in so many sports. It was creative. And to this day, that's what I love, that's always kept me back to it because it's endless creation.
Interpretation
Skateboarding represents personal freedom and creativity, devoid of rigid structures.
In this quote, Rodney Mullen expresses his deep affection for skateboarding as a uniquely individualistic activity that allows for endless creativity and self-expression. Unlike traditional sports, which often involve teams, rigid structures, and standards to measure performance, skateboarding emphasizes personal style and innovation. This freedom and lack of constraints are what draw Mullen back to skateboarding continually.
In practice
During an interview about personal passions, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of individuality.
Skateboarding is as much, or more, an art of mode of expression than it is a sport. What skateboarding has given me is precisely that: a form of expression that drew me to it, and, in so doing, I was able to express and be who I wanted to be through it, in a sense.
Writing well involves walking the path of most resistance. Sitting still, being patient, allowing the lunatic dream to take shape on the page, then the shaping, the pencil on the page, breathing, slowing down, being willing–no, more than willing, being wide open–to press the bruise until it blossoms.
It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful.
Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the givers of life
The poet, the artist, the sleuth, whoever sharpens our perception tends to antisocial; rarely 'well adjusted,' he cannot go along with currents and trends.
Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men.
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