Re: [ozmidwifery] Obs, brainwashing, hypnobirthing and horror stories - long

[Aviva Sheb'a]

Wow! that WAS a long one! I nearly didn't get to the end; glad I did. Now you have another of my beefs...artists (whether visual, performing, lit etc) being exploited/abused by bureaucrats. Getting paid as an artist is almost impossible. Depending on the art form, you have roughly a 3% chance of being in paid employment in your art. I've had it with the bureaucrats sitting in air-conditioned luxury offices, office staff, bar tenders, ushers, ticket sellers, printers, etc. getting paid, but the people who do all the work of putting on performances and have all the expense (which is considerable) are paying the venue for the privilege of performing and getting virtually nothing back. Enough is enough. May as well be a midwife!   Aviva-the-wild-woman ********* Time to step out of the brainwashing (them and us; litigation; powerlessness; terrorism; perfection is a right - root out anything that isn't) and bring back the wild women (and men) :-) My guess is the arts is the way to do it - speaks to us/grabs us/shows us on many levels - go Aviva, Vicki and Nic need more songs, dances, plays, theatre, film, satire, sculpture, paintings etc.....belly casts....lots of humour - great memory fixative... warmly, Carolyn Hastie ended up being longer than I thought :-)  trust it makes sense - have a great week everyone! "We all have two choices: We can make a living or we can design a life." Jim Rohn Heartlogic Consultancy Leaders in personal mastery and healthy organisational change Phone +61 2 4389 3919 Fax   +61 2 4388 6819 Mobile 0418 428 430 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 5405 Chittaway Bay NSW 2261 Australia