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.
Interpretation
Skateboarding serves as a powerful medium for personal expression rather than just a competitive sport.
Rodney Mullen articulates that skateboarding transcends traditional definitions of a sport, positioning it instead as a form of art and personal expression. This perspective highlights how individuals can use skateboarding as a canvas to showcase their identity, emotions, and creativity, allowing them to fully express who they are and what they stand for through their skating style and techniques.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-expression, this quote can illustrate how sports can help individuals find their identity.
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.
'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was my labor of love. When asked the best thing I ever did - that was it. I wrote it originally for myself.
Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.
I think the blues is the best literature that we as blacks have created since we've been here. I call it our 'sacred book.' What I've attempted to do is to mine that field, to mine those cultural ideas and attitudes and give them to my characters.
Sometimes when I sit down to practice and there is no one else in the room, I have to stifle an impulse to ring for the elevator man and offer him money to come in and hear me.
The world has never before had as much drama as today. Radio, films, television and video inundate us with drama. But while these forms can engage or even enrage the audience, in none of them can the viewer’s response alter the artistic event itselfThat is why theatre is signing its own death warrant when it tries to play too safe. On the other hand, that is also the reason why, although its future often seems bleak, theatre will continue to live and to provoke.
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
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