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Re: Where I Am Right Now (rant numbero uno)

Ernie Small — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:50:14 -0000

once when i was on a certain "ecstatic" substance out at a festival in Jacumba California, i wrote on a small wrinkled piece of paper "as you evolve you have to be very careful in order to have the most fun".

i am 34 years old now and still struggling with the same things you are talking about above (not enough time for art, etc.) but i find that that quote i read, which hangs on the wall in my studio helps upon occasion. i think that it basically means that when you get older you have to "think" more about what you are doing, as opposed to just doing doing doing, or that you will get stuck in the "yeah, i used to do art....back when i had time.." trap.
it will always be a struggle, but it is one worth fighting; this balance between your inner-child and outer-adult. good luck and good post.

Re: Where I Am Right Now (rant numbero uno)

EE — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:28:00 -0000

The best advice I can give is to forgo college. Art, you have a brilliant mind. What's the use of going college, going massively in debt, and coming out on the other side of the tunnel exactly as you entered it--clueless and without direction.

Re: Where I Am Right Now (rant numbero uno)

jason — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:38:49 -0000

I know how you feel...it gets better

Re: Where I Am Right Now (rant numbero uno)

Danny — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:51:12 -0000

I am on the other side of college in my fifth year getting my credential, and it's not much easier on this side of the tracks either. I still don't know exactly what I want to do, and there are still so many options.