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> On Fri, 16 May 2008 12:39:50 -0400, "Evelyn Ruut"
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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
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=b8trty&s=3
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> i'm jealous. it'll be at least 5 more
>>> years before i can retire. enjoy !
>>
>>
>>
>>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."
:-)
--
Best Regards,
Evelyn
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