[Jewelry making - Article 00286] - Re: [Orchid] Trying to Educate Customers

[Kimberly Starbard]

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Hi:

>     that's because you're not afraid to change your inventory of
>     knowledge; growth, flexibility, enlightenment all depend on an
>     open mind, as opposed to a hole in the head. 

    I have been thinking about this point all morning. I think it could
    more be due to the fact that some are just content. I have spent
    much time trying to figure why I'm different, not why people don't
    want to be more like, but why I don't want to be more like them.Most
    go to their day jobs thinking...how long 'til 5:00..what's on t.v.
    tonight?...should I buy that pair of jeans I saw at the Gap? I spend
    my time thinking about what I do. How do I learn to saw, set, fuse,
    weld etc ad infinitum. The ladies go for coffee...I go home to my
    worktable...am I antisocial?..a little, but more than that I am one
    of the most curious people around. It has occurred to me that if I
    didn't have to spend so much time worrying about what Suzie and her
    girlfriends are going to want to bedeck themselves in next year, I
    might have more time to be content. I,too, wonder why creative
    people are not more flexible. Perhaps it's a macho thing. Perhaps "I
    put in my time learning and I love it, so why doesn't everyone want
    to do that too?" There was a movie that came out a while back. It
    was about a boy genius. The authorities wanted to have him travel
    all over, be famous, be exploited. His Mom said..."most kids his age
    are in playgroups. my son has an ulcer because he worries about the
    starving people in impoverished countries" (I'm paraphrasing) The
    more I learn, the more I worry. The nightly news terrifies me.
    Sometimes, I would like to be "comfortable in my ignorance"...just
    for a little while. 

Before I rant
Kim Starbard
Cove Beads


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