On Fri, 16 May 2008 12:39:50 -0400, "Evelyn Ruut" <evelyn.ruut@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>> really a lousy digital camera the tones are all outta whack
>>>>>>>>>> but this is a black and white painting i did of tiffani amber
>>>>>>>>>> theissen
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>>>>>>>>>> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=b8trty&s=3
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>>>>>>>>> Beautiful work! I really like monochrome paintings.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thank you
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not only with art, but music and writing too.
>>>>>>> You are a tremendously talented guy. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Evelyn
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in the old days 'talent' was a word
>>>>>> used to designate money. one thing
>>>>>> i've never been able to do is turn my
>>>>>> talent into money.
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>>>>> You certainly aren't alone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mozart, Van Gogh, etc. etc. etc. etc......... Go back in history and
>>>>> every (now) famous, super talented individual seems to have died
>>>>> penniless or crazy or both. Only a few were able to find a sponsor
or
>>>>> patron or monarch or whatever..... who could allow them to afford to
>>>>> keep going, and that must have been a special kind of misery of its
>>>>> own, to an artist. Those that didn't, struggled along from
commission
>>>>> to commission. I imagine there were a few who were successful in a
>>>>> monetary sense, but not all that many.
>>>>>
>>>>> At least you have a job..... which may take away from creative time
>>>>> spent, but it probably pays the bills.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was young my father refused to let me go to art school. He
>>>>> said "artists all die starving".... I managed to get through life
>>>>> because I am also a smart gal. But it would have been nice to get
a
>>>>> real education. Perhaps it is why I am enjoying my retirement so
much.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now our Norbu is also an artist. He also made a living at it. I
>>>>> wish he'd post us a link.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Evelyn
>>>>
>>>> it is true that i have a good paying job, a
>>>> seeming rarity in this day and age in the
>>>> industry that i work in, but the rote of that
>>>> type of job does indeed kill my motivation
>>>> for creative expression and also makes it
>>>> difficult to find the time to be creative.
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>>>
>>> Exactly the reason I never painted for years and years.
>>> Now I am retired :-) My time is my own.
>>> Hubby is enjoying his retirement too, involving
>>> in all his various hobbies and amusements as well.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Evelyn
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>> i'm jealous. it'll be at least 5 more
>> years before i can retire. enjoy !
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>It'll go by quickly. One of the few benefits of being a part of the
>workaday, business world is that time flies. It is only now that
having
>some retirement pension benefits really helps out. The downside is that
>every other day you hear of someone dying of this or that. But the
freedom
>and solitude are worth all the years of work.
Reminds me of the story of the very successful
businessman who took time out of his busy day
to take a walk by the river. He saw a man fi****ng,
and he said, "Son, you're able bodied and probably
intelligent, and here you are fi****ng in the river on
a wednesday afternoon. Why aren't you at work
somewhere building up wealth for your future?
You have lots of good years of labor in you,
and if you're wise you can build up a substantial
nest egg. Then you can retire and go down
to the river, and... Never mind."
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