Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing for Artists [was Cohousing for Senior Artists - Request from CNN

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> I want to be an artist when I grow up.
>> I would never choose to live in an artist's community because then I'd
>> be the worst artist there. Instead I live in a community full of
>> geeks, cooks, and gardeners.
>> 
>> When I make a quilt they all think it is the best quilt in the world.
>> They are wrong, but it sure makes me feel good.
>> When I do a painting, they think it is pretty good. They are wrong,
>> but it sure makes me feel good.
>> 
>> (I also go to music camp every year and do comedy/storytelling. I'm
>> the best one at that, too. Someday, though, i'll be ready to go to
>> storytelling camp.)

Beautiful. The happiest artists are the ones who never went to art school. They 
have fewer expectations. No burden of guilt for not working hard enough.

Sharon.