The Thousands

I decided that this year would be the year that I increased my skill base. Though there will be no courses in Excel or InDesign for me. No nunchuck skills or computer hacking skills either. Instead, I will be learning archery.

A chance encounter with the Archery Centre while on a job out at Sydney Olympic Park awakened in me a sudden urge to shoot things, not necessarily living things, but things all the same.**It is an amazing exchange of energy, as you draw the bowstring back firmly, hold, aim, then release. The arrow flies forth, and with a dull thwack, pierces the target. This simple procedure, this kinetic gesture, elicits a fantastically primal and basic response. A response that easily surpasses any kind that may arise from mastering Excel.

And folks, just in case you need any more encouragement to pick up the bow and arrow, I leave you with Bryan Adams’ ‘Everything I Do‘.