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“When I look back on the authors, film makers, actors, musicians, painters, scientists (yes! I believe they are artists, too) that have made my beautiful life possible, I’m aware I can never come close to reciprocating. All I can do is dance my dance as a show of gratitude and hope that it has value beyond myself.” ~Typist, a.k.a, Gail Boenning

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My morning started with "What is?, What is? What is? What would a drawing of what is be?

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Dec 13, 2022Liked by 3musesmerge

Cryptically he wrote “The Dash.”

Okay a slight explanation. Noting that EB White is dead brought to mind that expression. Namely, the living of a person between the years of birth and death on a gravestone. In White’s instance he clearly left a mark of the indelible variety.

I watched an interview of a writer who offered that one of the best tactics for a good writer is to keep a journal. A diary. Not for future publication. Simply for the fact of having written the entries. Day by day, self affirmation perhaps? So if fame eludes us, our words don’t strike a universal note, few show up for our promotional tours, have we actually failed? Yes, if life success is measured by the yardstick of bank balances. No, if coming to know our hearts, and speaking it, is the measure.

Years ago, Harry Chapin (Mr. 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas-he’s dead too) wrote a song called Mr. Tanner. The owner of a dry cleaner’s shop in the mid-west, who also had a decent baritone voice. He sang at local events and was well received. Fate had him try to become a singing sensation, staging a concert in NYC, and ending badly. Throughout the song, Harry kept saying:

“Music was his life, it was not his livelihood

And it made him feel so happy, it made him feel so good

And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul

He did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole.”

So we assess, “Merely an avocation?” He sang from his heart and he sang from his soul. Does that differ from wood carving? Refinishing antique furniture? Photography? Perhaps it is the definition that needs reworked, or the word itself given a back seat?

Let us consider if Gail is primarily a “home maker” with this avocation we call “creativity?” I feel certain we all know the correct response. Nothing against housekeepers. I wear that hat myself! 😬

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Dec 13, 2022Liked by 3musesmerge

Sign: "Rational people accept the world as it is. Irrational people try to change the world to match their biases. Therefore, all progress in the world depends on biased irrational people." 🤨

I always loved the "I arise in the morning..." quote, but I never knew where it came from! Thank you!

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Thalia's fingers got ahead of her as it appears she's “Waiting a lehhhhhh-ter! To EB!”

I was talking to an artist yesterday who seemed surprised that people wanted to connect with her about the art she was creating. I told her that I thought that's what art is - creating an opportunity for humans to connect. Coincidentally, I even made the comment that sometimes someone writes a book and the other person connects to it years after they have passed. The connection transcends time and space in both an airy-fairy and actual, literal way.

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