tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post3674441450585806864..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: EmptyingMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-84052386801554016312011-10-01T13:53:14.398-04:002011-10-01T13:53:14.398-04:00Puritans have a bad rap, poor things! (No wonder, ...Puritans have a bad rap, poor things! (No wonder, really!) I doubt there are many who would claim their work ethic by name.<br /><br />That is a very pleasant way of looking at things, even if I wouldn't claim singing at all. Having one's arm twisted to sing does not make one a singer. But that's okay. I just started lessons.<br /><br />You are a grand model of somebody who does many Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-36878756153141772592011-10-01T12:31:58.926-04:002011-10-01T12:31:58.926-04:00I think this is true, but I am not a fan of the Pu...I think this is true, but I am not a fan of the Puritan work ethic at all. Life is about living, and work facilitates that, but is not an important endeavor in other ways...<br /><br />We all do our thing, and sometimes 'our thing' can translate into many areas - which I like.<br /><br />You write, can teach well, sing (oh yes!) and manage many levels of family interaction, etc.<br />Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-41708825869828737602011-10-01T02:15:28.366-04:002011-10-01T02:15:28.366-04:00Paul,
That is an interesting idea! I suppose anot...Paul,<br /><br />That is an interesting idea! I suppose another way of looking at what I have done is that I have gone more and more toward the things that suit me...<br /><br />You suggest that it is the Puritan work ethic that makes people go for the things that don't suit them? Well, maybe so! Though I can think of a few people who moved against the grain of what they were naturally goodMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-90456092900717187972011-10-01T00:39:55.655-04:002011-10-01T00:39:55.655-04:00Sometimes it's simply more productive to follo...Sometimes it's simply more productive to follow ones intuition or bliss.<br />The road does not have to be an uphill climb, but too many people do not realize that the things that come to them more easily than to others are probably things they should be doing.<br />Many people suffer from the idea that 'work' is worthy and end up doing things they find... more difficult.<br /><br />Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-42546488070737700892011-09-28T21:07:28.565-04:002011-09-28T21:07:28.565-04:00Oops, Robbi, I missed you--
Yes, luck with change...Oops, Robbi, I missed you--<br /><br />Yes, luck with changes, chosen and unchosen!<br /><br />I imagine there will be a mixed lot. Always something a little daunting about a variety of levels and trying to reach them all. Still, they will no doubt come in with more good will than a herd of freshman, many of whom don't want to be in an English class.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-20237536809167270862011-09-28T21:04:21.916-04:002011-09-28T21:04:21.916-04:00My feeling is that I can do two very big things we...My feeling is that I can do two very big things well, but that it is hard to do three really big things well. Though there are people who do--Doris Betts was president of the faculty at UNC and a mother of a good-sized family and a writer. It boggles!<br /><br />Yes, I think we ought to encourage men and women in the professions to support the arts by marrying artists! <br /><br />I do like silly.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1873294607173658812011-09-28T21:02:58.803-04:002011-09-28T21:02:58.803-04:00Marly,
I didn't go to Facebook today because I...Marly,<br />I didn't go to Facebook today because I was preoccupied with the window Jeremy kicked in last night and the workshop I must start teaching in a few weeks at the synagogue and my fear that I'll make a fool of myself teaching people things there that they already know. I don't know who my audience is going to be exactly.<br />But I look forward to going to FB and commenting Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-78886050319125384542011-09-28T20:48:46.688-04:002011-09-28T20:48:46.688-04:00I can identify. I made similar changes, deciding t...I can identify. I made similar changes, deciding to give up a teaching career and stay at home, do my art and bring up a family. We had to forego that second income and pension and hope to make a little from art while the family benefited from a mother at home. I don't have regrets, only much thanks to a husband able to support us all and be my "patron of the arts".<br /><br />So, marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com