tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156356070860079785.post7839991599938380395..comments2023-06-27T20:03:14.397-04:00Comments on ODIN'S AVIARY: Done Taught Some Learnin'Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02728223817801458234noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156356070860079785.post-72694343823176812092009-04-06T11:10:00.000-04:002009-04-06T11:10:00.000-04:00I complee agreetly, Patrick (maybe I have been hav...I complee agreetly, Patrick (maybe I have been having a little too much of having too much to drink with friends lately). It's just a bit of an effort to me to unify all these bits effectively. It's interesting that I tend toward viewing things like my day job as being separate from things like my personal and artistic efforts. Perhaps it's the Gemini in me? Whatever it is, it's got to stop. I'm putting my foot down--!<BR/><BR/>Whoops stairs--!<BR/><BR/><BR/>[nothing funnier than a typed pratfall NOTHING]Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02728223817801458234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156356070860079785.post-36826706238878295412009-04-03T17:47:00.000-04:002009-04-03T17:47:00.000-04:00I think I can admit now I've never fully understoo...I think I can admit now I've never fully understood your working definition of The Third Life. Certainly the distinction between my artistic and money-making lives has always been one of necessity rather than choice, and with any luck it won't be the permanent arrangement, but even separating my personal life from the rest of it seemed hard to fathom, let alone do. All of this, of course, is separate from what one wants to put on a blog, what is appropriate to share with the interwebs at large, so maybe the structure you envisioned for the Aviary wasn't necessarily how you saw your life. I'm reminded again of the "work on your art by working on your life" comment we discussed earlier. By the way, I got the impression you felt that line meant "I should just put up with my present situation and make it work". The lemonade from lemons approach. I don't think that's what the advice actually is. I think it's more about recognizing life as a unified (or unitarian, if you prefer) whole. It's not a command to suck it up and muscle through everything, it's a reminder that our art COMES from our lives, so doing stuff to make them rich, rewarding and fulfilling will make our art better. So marry the woman of your dreams; teach classes; see silly movies and raunchy burlesque shows; read comics; have too much to drink with friends occasionally. All of that will feed your art.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.com