snapshot of my friend Johnny Tomass
johnny is having some problem and he was sent to see Doc. Zhivago. He described himself as "a talented failure," which was mightily amusing to the doc. He took a more personal interest in Johnny who struck him as arrogant and defiant.
" What are your talents? And what's your failure?"
johnny has a way to speak smart. And soon he is throwing his qualifications as "the best amateur painter. The most genius imitator and the average professional. As to the area of his talents, he listed painting in fine art, guitar playing, and persuasive communication, which in a commonly used term-- the con art. What is your failure? Doc asks him--failure to fail in every way possible. I only fail in a few ways such as failing in eye sight, bowl movement every few days and stay in bed at night. Doc is amused by his flamboyant way of wearing his badges of "failures" as war decorations and at first interview detected him to be a happy "misfit"
