Minisode Monday #51 | The Great Waves of Influence

The Art of Charm

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🗓️ 1 May 2017

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can implement right away. This week, we've got a little lesson in art history: Katsushika Hokusai's woodblock print The Great Wave and how it was influenced by -- and went on to influence -- art from around the globe in spite of its creation during Japan's most isolated period. Let's get to it! The Cheat Sheet: Do you think you're impervious to outside ideas -- positive or negative? Consider Katsushika Hokusai's 1829 woodblock print, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (also known as The Great Wave). This famous piece was created in Japan during a period of intense isolation -- yet it prominently displays European influence from color choice to composition. In turn, The Great Wave went on to influence artists around the globe -- again, in spite of Japan's dedication to isolation at this time in history. Influence is never something we can fight, but it's something we can be aware of so it doesn't control what we do and think without our knowledge. Looking for ways to influence others while being aware of how you're being influenced? Take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text CHARMED to 33444. Also be sure to check out our Social Capital Intensive here! Let us know about how you put today's Minisode Monday into practice! Tweet with @TheArtofCharm in your response or write to Jordan directly: [email protected] (he actually reads everything)! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Listen to The Art of Charm, All of the Above, and hundreds of your favorite podcasts with the free PodcastOne app (on iOS and Android) here! Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/minisode-monday-51-the-great-waves-of-influence/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	Hey, Jordan Harvanger here from the Art of Charm. Welcome to Miniso Monday.
0:03.6	Happy to be here with you kicking off the week with something quick and actionable that you can implement right away.
0:08.6	It'll make you more magnetic and effective. I want to tell you a quick story of the painting of the Great Wave.
0:14.8	I think it goes by other names as well. Back in Japan during this time, the Tokugawa Shogunet ruled through repression.
0:21.6	This was not a happy flowers and rainbows time in Japan.
0:25.0	They booted out all the foreigners aside from a few Dutch merchants in one particular city
0:30.0	who are isolated from everyone on purpose, specifically in order to limit their influence on others.
0:36.0	However, ideas are impossible to isolate and contain.
0:39.9	We see a bit of Prussian blue, a quintessential European color in the painting itself.
0:44.9	This is not a coincidence. But what's even more incredible is that this same color shows up in
0:50.4	Van Gogh paintings. And here's why. It'd be easy to think that being in Europe, Van Gogh had been using Prussian blue all long.
0:57.6	But most of his use of the color comes after an exposition of Japanese art, including the Great Wave that happened in Europe.
1:05.2	Now, what this means is that Prussian blue traveled from Europe across the globe to isolated Japan,
1:11.0	embedded itself in one of the greatest works of art that symbolized the era, the era of isolation, supposedly.
1:17.2	And then made it back to Europe to once again influence another one of the Great Masters.
1:22.6	So the next time you think that you're impervious to ideas or outside influence, positive or negative,
1:28.3	just remember the Great Wave and remember that influence is almost never something we can fight.
1:33.6	But it is, however, something that we can be aware of so that it doesn't control what we do and think without our knowledge.
1:40.3	If you want more ways to influence others and protect your own mind, I highly recommend the AOC Challenge.
1:45.7	You can go to the Art of Charm.com slash challenge and check that out or text the word charmed,
1:50.8	C-H-A-R-M-E-D to 3, 3, 4, 4, 4 here in the States. Or again, the Art of Charm.com slash challenge and get rocking.
1:57.9	I'll see you there.
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