Susan Setley on tue 20 jan 04
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In a message dated 1/20/04 7:13:53 PM, lmpots1@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
> `Sad`..that many seem to try to fulfill what is lacking in their lives with
> big, shiny,expensive stuff.
>
It's also sad that this is the assumption made of people who have that
expensive stuff. They may have very full lives AND expensive stuff.
It's not for me; I've been systematically simplifying my job over a couple of
years. I am to the point now that I use almost exclusively public
transportation. Really. However, I don't sit in judgment of those who have made other
choices, because I don't know their reasons.
"I like beautiful things too. Our home is decorated with handmade carvings,
paintings, furniture. Professional work by ancestors, friends, relatives,
and ourselves. Imaginative recycling comes into play. And this is
satisfiying."
So you picked DIFFERENT expensive shiny stuff.
"Simona, if sales and marketing are the important part of working in clay,
what are we all doing? Important yes, people have to know the work is out
there if the goal is to sell the work, but I don`t believe it`s satisfying
to the soul."
Oh I LOVE selling things. It means someone appreciates what I did. It's a
connection between me, the purchaser and the piece that is very concrete and
cannot be denied. Someone will have my piece for years. Stuns me to think about
it, actually.
"I like money too. It buys me some security and the occasional air-line
ticket to exciting places."
I try not to judge other people. I have known some pretty nice people who had
nice cars and homes.
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