Posted by Ippopo on October 13, 2002, at 23:18:30
In reply to Re: Any artists, musicians out there on meds?, posted by Alara on October 13, 2002, at 6:25:32
Hi Alara,
I do understand your feelings about climbing the corporate ladder. I also had the same feelings. As a student I went to school, worked, and went to AA meetings, in the Loop (downtown Chicago). I attended mtgs. on the Northside but being a newcomer I wanted to go to mtgs. during the afternoon as well. I ended up going to a mtg called Nooners in the financial district of the downtown area. I had no idea I was sitting in a room filled with lawyers, CEO's, CFO's, traders, runners.....the list is pretty diverse. Going to these meetings taught me there wasn't much of a difference between us. They didn't have the desire to create in the arts/fine arts, but were given a gift and choose to use their creativity and intelligence in a different way. I also realized a lot of these people supported the arts and a few were incredible artist but hadn't chosen the arts to make a living.
My medium is mixed media. I've shown in small galleries and even sold a few pieces. The ones who bought pieces were those with money.
There are all kinds of people and I'm lucky to have met some who are very strong spiritually, sober, and very loving people regardless of their profession. It's taken years to get to this point of acceptance and understanding.
What I've yet to accept are sports fans (Yuk!), especially Cubs and Bears fans (Yuk Yuk Yuk!).
poster:Ippopo
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