At 03:53 PM 4/12/2007, Case wrote:
>{Marsha]
>This is my experience too. I am happy I didn't start painting until after I
>had given up the idea of becoming an 'artist'. It is so much pleasure.
>
>[Case]
>I have never even pretended to be a good guitar player, but at one time or
>another I have been paid to write. I didn't really like it much since it
>required producing art dictated by the clock. I really quit writing anything
>at all for years after reading the first page or so of Tom Robbin's "Even
>Cowgirls Get the Blues" I quoted the passage awhile back. It was about how
>the first amoeba is still out there in the world somewhere.
>
>I thought the passage was so perfect I couldn't even finished reading the
>book. I thought nothing I could ever come up with could compare to it. It
>was all a big gumption trap. If the appreciation of another's art stops you
>from even trying what's the point of artistry at all.
>
>I am in recovery...
Case,
I have no idea what is real or unreal. I gave up more than the idea
of being an artist. But it's story, I will try to tell it in MOQ terms.
I broke down a number of major static patterns of value. I gave up
my professional life, a social life, and made it clear to my family
that the old Marsha didn't exist anymore. I went through some very
strange and drastic rituals. It was all very scary, but also very
exciting. It is still exciting.
Why? As one nihilist to another, why not!!!
Recovery is great!
m
moq_discuss mailing list
Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.
http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org
Archives:
http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/
http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
