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From:  Mezzoid@a...
Date:  Tue Sep 12, 2000  3:38 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Finding balance (was Frequency of Lessons) - long


In a message dated 09/11/2000 9:22:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
LYNDA313@a... writes:

<< Those of us in artistic pursuits are mighty likely to have multiple
talents
and/or interests in the arts as well as other fields. It's just the way our
minds work. But I have noticed that others whose minds DON'T work this way
are likely to give us "good advice": that is to say, "you SHOULD do this or
that because you are so good at it", or something of the sort. >>

The difference is that I've done all this simultaneous stuff because I felt
that I should do as much as I possibly can in order to make a living and that
if I pulled back, I might lose something... and now I feel like I don't have
to do it all, I can take time and do less for awhile if I want to....

Christine Thomas, Mezzo Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI

"Humility is the acceptance of the possibility that someone else can teach
you something else you do not know already, especially about yourself.
Conversely, pride and arrogance close the door of the mind."
-- Arthur Deikman, The Observing Self

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