The Power of Restraint: ‘Ian Usmovets Stopping an Angry Bull’

The Power of Restraint: ‘Ian Usmovets Stopping an Angry Bull’
A detail from “Ian Usmovets Stopping an Angry Bull,” 1849, by Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin. Far Eastern Art Museum, Khabarovsk, Russia. Public Domain
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Sometimes we have the best intentions and push ourselves into becoming the best version of ourselves. We look in the mirror and say, “Today is the day I take a good look at myself and make the necessary changes in my character to become who I know I can be.”
For many of us, we try, but it’s not long before we find ourselves slipping back into those character flaws that prevent our improvement. 
Eric Bess
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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