“Sell your cleverness and buy enchantment,” offered Rumi. It must certainly be said that technical excellence is a relevant and necessary facet of mastery as a whole. It is after all, masterful technique that forms the basis of your practice. But refined technique alone is not enough. It is missing an essential ingredient in the recipe for mastery—and that is spirit. The life of the master. Brilliant technique alone can yield nothing more than finely crafted work. That is not art. And if the old adage is true, that art is life and life art, then it must be said that a masterful life be laden with deep truth. With depths of passion. With unabashed, courageous, intense, passionate expression.