'you have got to guard against your desire to take eveyrthing to such high standard'
'there is no point in being academically ambitious if you become creatively sterile'
'nurture your creativity with things like your family life. You need to"
Joan Richardson 2011
phone call conversation with my tutor during my degree work from Opus School of Textile art, Middlesex University UK, (notes from my journal of that time)
I remember feeling quite offended when one of our gardening customer's said, "It's so good that you and Rod have your hobbies of art and music." and then that evening I remembered when I was 21 a boyfriend asking what I wanted to do with my life to which I replied "I want to make a living from my hobbies." he laughed but in the long run that's what I've done. So I laugh at myself and remember to be careful what I wish for!
ReplyDeleteI used to get annoyed at the word 'amateurs' until I realized that it translates as 'loving'. I just looked the word amateur up now and it also means 'a person who does something for enjoyment, not money'.
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