NDCE

I took floriculture courses in high school. We learned everything about flowers and the arrangment of them. From the science to the aesthetic, we studied it. However, despite everyone's equal education, some could effortlessly create beautiful arrangements of flowers, while others worked tirelessly and could never create a decent arrangement. Why? I always wonder. Yes, you can look at a poor arrangement and see the inadequacies, but to explain them often is impossible. It is a talent, just as drawing, painting, etc., and some are naturally better at it than others. The artist just KNOWS what to do. Why? I don't know.

This memory was awakened by the phrase describing NDCE, "Its nature is fleeting, evanescent, difficult to describe, or even beyond words. With too much effort or thought, the very qualities we seek to experience and understand may evaporate or become even more elusive." So much of what we do as teachers, workers, learners is sought to be characterized, classified, and boxed until the heart and soul has been beat out of it. We can learn, be taught, but the heart and soul of something has to come from within, and this is what makes something compelling. Our passion is what makes something worthwhile and interesting to others. However, this cannot be taught, cannot be replicated and dispensed in textbooks. Natural passion and ability has to play a huge part of being compelling. Right?