tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post114108378085140101..comments2023-03-24T05:22:25.985-07:00Comments on Virtual Hyperbole: Worth an extra click.(egg)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05824550479322871407noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post-1142992231918736432006-03-21T17:50:00.000-08:002006-03-21T17:50:00.000-08:00Do you just quote HEINLEIN??!! So sexy; be still m...Do you just quote HEINLEIN??!! So sexy; be still my heart ... I think you are now my new boyfriend. I love Heinlein.<BR/><BR/>But re: the article. I'm with you both. In an interesting and challenging but ultimately rewarding journey ... to negotiate the line between personal sacrifice for your art and artistic sacrifice for your day-to-day life.<BR/><BR/>The line for me keeps shifting, and I finally feel okay about that. Like why should I feel trapped into pursuing to the letter the dream I thought I wanted when I was 20? That dream didn't come true and I'm not 20 anymore. I have new and different dreams now, and they aren't cop-outs or scaled back versions of the old dreams either.<BR/><BR/>smooch to you both<BR/>-Peggy(egg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05824550479322871407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post-1142984813888896862006-03-21T15:46:00.000-08:002006-03-21T15:46:00.000-08:00I have to say that most people I know, myself incl...I have to say that most people I know, myself included, have struggled in this way. The problem is the need to feel like one has found their special niche. We want to be doing it with all their might and the world should be noticing and rewarding their efforts. Ain't happenin' for 99% of the world. That's fine, too. So you work a day job or two or 20 while you do interesting things in the arts on the side. So you have trouble drumming up enough sales from your graphics work, set design, or latest cd to quit your day job. Oh well. Let me quote Heinlein: <BR/>A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post-1142033613356431792006-03-10T15:33:00.000-08:002006-03-10T15:33:00.000-08:00Ach! This will never get easier! Theatre is like...Ach! This will never get easier! Theatre is like The Mafia of the Soul (just made that up). You can never truly get out alive. <BR/>Not that you'd want to, though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com