One of the popular artist of the 20th century is Pablo Picasso. I saw his name on several things before I even know who he is.
I read a publication about Pablo Picasso’s works, and it marveled me. Some set of researchers claimed that during his lifetime he made 26,075 pieces of artwork. I read further and saw that he lived up to 91 years. This made me do simple math. Pablo Picasso lived for 33,215 days. At 18 years, he has already used 6,570 days. Taking that out of the 33,215 days, 26, 645 days. This simple math shows that Pablo Picasso published an average of one quality artwork every day of his life. That is magnificent.
I read that some people claimed his works are beyond what the researchers declared because many of his art attracts thieves and over 550 works are currently missing. Pablo Picasso died in the year 1973 and he was worth over $500 million. This showed that his work handed not only fame but also put wealth in his abode.
Picasso success was massive, but his marriage and family was nothing fantastic to write about. His first wife was Olga Khokhlova, and they had a child together. Olga left Picasso after she discovered that he was having an affair with a 17-year-old girl. And Picasso was 45 at this point. The gap was pretty much. He also had a child with the 17-year-old girl. And he still moved to another woman. His romantic life was full of unfaithfulness.
The shady side of success.
The qualities that make people great have a shady side. Picasso had a good time with his art, but his relationship and children took the dark side. It looked like Picasso's first interest in life was arts and any other things are hobbies and little necessity. Some art scholars believe that the work of Picasso change and improve more whenever he finds another lover. According to Arthur Danto, “Picasso invented a new style each time he fell in love with a new woman.” If Danto was right, then Picasso gets inspiration from different women.
Dark side appears in all fields.
Everyone has a dark side. It just depends on the things we do and how we do them. Floyd Mayweather is among the well-known boxers. His record of 49-0 handed him more than $1 billion. But they have charged him countless times for domestic violence and misdemeanour battery. He got excellent qualities that made him known globally, but these qualities could not guide his shady side.
Every strength has a tradeoff.
Let’s say you are a judge with expert knowledge. You sentence criminals and lots of people to jail and some for death sentences. Then you have trained your mind off any form of the cry for mercy or anything that could touch your mind. This quality would get you to decide on the criminal matter but could also reduce the way you pity people in your life.
Success is hard. We see many big names and stars and we praise them always. We admire their success, but we do not consider the cost of success. The success of Picasso added more to the world of art and many people followed his steps. But we do not bear the pains he felt. His families and friends may have other views on who he was. The outside world only saw a man of success. I read that two of his wives committed suicide, and this shows there were more than we heard.
Do you want the dark side that comes with success? When you get a bag of money, you only need the content, but the bag might be dirty and stinks. You have to manage and bring out the cash in the bag and throw the bag away if you could. What kind of pain are you willing to bear just to be successful;? If you can answer this, then you have a better insight into your success.
Everybody wants to be rich. We want to be known for something great. But do you want the dark side of these things? Do you want to spend more hours working than spending with your spouse and kids? Different people have different views on this, but we cannot pretend that there are no dark sides in achieving our aims. You should know them and try to balance your life. I have seen a rich man that committed suicide. He had everything good in the world, but something was missing in him. The ultimate in life is happiness. Try to balance your life. The things that make people great in one area, suffers them in other areas.
Choose your path and happiness wisely.