{"id":2744,"date":"2024-12-28T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T14:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2024-12-28T09:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T14:07:37","slug":"there-is-something-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/28\/there-is-something-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"There is something beyond \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe attainment of proficiency, the pushing of your skill with attention to the most delicate shades of excellence, is a matter of vital concern. Efficiency of a practically flawless kind may be reached naturally in the struggle for bread. But there is something beyond \u2014 a higher point, a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride beyond mere skill; almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art \u2014 which IS art.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Conrad, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B005SITVR2\/amaz09b9-20&quot;\" title=\"The Mirror of the Sea\">The Mirror of the Sea<\/a>, 1906.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/  \/amaz09b9-20\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Fascinating observations from the peak of perfection of the age of sail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/306131.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/306131.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/306131-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/306131-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/306131-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/306131-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe attainment of proficiency, the pushing of your skill with attention to the most delicate shades of excellence, is a matter of vital concern. Efficiency of a practically flawless kind may be reached naturally in the struggle for bread. But there is something beyond \u2014 a higher point, a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride beyond mere skill; almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art \u2014 which IS art.\u201d Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, 1906. Fascinating observations from the peak of perfection of the age of sail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[91,77],"class_list":["post-2744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-art","tag-seamanship"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innerairmanship.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}