tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post1392843236091906977..comments2024-02-16T04:32:52.041-06:00Comments on Plot This: Beautiful...Katie Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08067504634291164972noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-76247430740440820032008-12-05T04:02:00.000-06:002008-12-05T04:02:00.000-06:00OMG! I loved this post. I also realize that I star...OMG! <BR/>I loved this post. I also realize that I start every comment with a one-word exclamation-pointed word. But it's true, enthusiasm just bursts forth.<BR/>At first the snow-flake analogy sounds so banal, but it really, really is true. Each and invididual and each unique in his or her own way, and beautiful to boot. Hard to imagine billions of us all unique, but it's amazingly true.<BR/>And careers, and paths that lead to dead-ends. My parents (God bless 'em) were on for the practical push in college and I got a fairly useless Communications degree that was so generically appropriate it became appropriate for nothing special. Meanwhile the writing has endured for decades. My boyfriend is a painter and against all advice (and with no parental support) has pursued it into a career that sustains him. He's been invited to do book covers, a CD cover, has shown all over the states, and just got into Art Basil this year. He pursues his dream and lives it all the time. <BR/>Your post was so inspiring and so in tune with the groove I've been trying to dance to. And the Artist's Way was Corey Schwartz' mention and she's so right. No one can write the story that is within each of us...but us. So here's to unearthing dreams and living our truths.Graeme Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454091813490839478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-51002869607867457392008-11-19T08:49:00.000-06:002008-11-19T08:49:00.000-06:00Thanks, Katie. Great post.;-RobinThanks, Katie. Great post.<BR/><BR/>;-<BR/><BR/>RobinDisco Mermaidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749764215612594204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-28249370811289564412008-11-18T20:43:00.000-06:002008-11-18T20:43:00.000-06:00Corey, thanks for the book idea! And the encourag...Corey, thanks for the book idea! And the encouragement!Katie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067504634291164972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-16840944079459765912008-11-18T19:43:00.000-06:002008-11-18T19:43:00.000-06:00P.S. If you've never read The Artist's Way, you m...P.S. If you've never read The Artist's Way, you might to pick up a copy. Its kind of a workbook that gives you exercises to foster your creativity and nourish your inner artist.Corey Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883689227283545602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-61412475287464635162008-11-18T19:37:00.000-06:002008-11-18T19:37:00.000-06:00Excellent advice. So glad you finally followed yo...Excellent advice. So glad you finally followed your heart and pursued your dream of writing.Corey Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883689227283545602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-52549143614823607012008-11-17T16:31:00.000-06:002008-11-17T16:31:00.000-06:00Hey guys! SF, I love that backstory of your life....Hey guys! <BR/><BR/>SF, I love that backstory of your life.<BR/><BR/>Christy - glad to help out :-)<BR/><BR/>Irene - HI!!! I tried to facebook you yesterday and it didn't work? I'll try again. SO good to hear from you and thanks for the great quotes! I passed them on to my daughter :-)Katie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067504634291164972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-46548352340591197112008-11-17T15:39:00.000-06:002008-11-17T15:39:00.000-06:00Hi Katie AND Sarah Frances! The snowflake post re...Hi Katie AND Sarah Frances! The snowflake post reminds me of two bits of wisdom that I revisit on a daily basis: Be the Best YOU you can Be (this is especially helpful in the oh so competitive world of writers and artists, where are all striving, where we are all unique and deserving with our own special stories to tell, yet some folks get the glory and others don't) and a Dr. Seuss quote: "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Words like those really help when you are pursuing a dream that may make no sense to anyone but you.<BR/>Anyhow, I loved seeing Sarah Frances the other day and hope to see Katie again very soon!Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-87664177892797740712008-11-17T12:30:00.000-06:002008-11-17T12:30:00.000-06:00Ah. This post really talked me off the ledge of my...Ah. This post really talked me off the ledge of my own Random Panic today. Lovely and so true.Christy Raedekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263316476947361971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693050953762677969.post-64823072534446480972008-11-17T07:01:00.000-06:002008-11-17T07:01:00.000-06:00Ahhh. So true. I hope those college students rea...Ahhh. So true. I hope those college students really take you to heart.<BR/><BR/>I was like you--always the "creative chick" in high school--writing for the literary journal and painting everything that didn't stand still. When I got to college (a liberal arts school--thank God), I resisted the pull to major in art until I had a mini epiphany, and I scrambled, took every art class I could, went to Parsons in the summers . . . and I majored in fine art.<BR/><BR/>Then, what did I do??? I went to law school. I know why I did this--my parents divorced when I was in my early teens, and I realized how important it is for a woman to be able to take care of herself and her family financially if life throws you a curve ball. <BR/><BR/>I'm just thankful to have a very supportive husband who encouraged me to chuck the law career (before I had children--which is when many woman lawyers quit the grind) and try to make it as an artist. And, now a writer.<BR/><BR/>sfHardygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268385174949496800noreply@blogger.com