Rubik Totem

I feel the Rubik’s cube represents my past, mainly because of the way I used to play with it. I never had the ability, intelligence or perhaps the knowledge to solve it, and where I grew up, nobody near to me knew how to do it. So after thousands of failed attempts, I figured out my own way. I used to disassemble it taking out all small pieces from the main structure and them assembling them back to their initial position, a mechanical task that allowed me to see the Rubik’s cube solved.

A direct connection with a phrase I love from Calvin Coolidge: Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.