more life and art

[chelidon]

This just in from one of my journalistic colleagues on a work-related mailing list, totally out of the blue-- funny how threads seem to run synchronistically across realms:

(I'm reminded of a comment by Stephen King, the novelist. He said he
considered writing only fourth priority for him; his top three priorities
were to himself, his family, and the small town he lives in. His most ardent
fans said he had an obligation to humanity to put his writing above all
other priorities, even his own well-being, but King said what those fans
didn't understand is that, if he didn't satisfy those other three priorities
first, he'd NEVER get any writing done. King's writing suffered while he
broke his addiction to booze and drugs, but if he hadn't broken that
addiction he'd be dead by now, and doing no writing at all.


Sustainability, and the life of the artist as much a part of the Art as the artifacts. Ah-yup.

I'm about to go back out and finish plowing -- we didn't get as much snow as I'd hoped for, but it's a good foot or so, anyway, plenty enough to play in. After doing some renovation work and then watching bad movies late last night ("Free Enterprise," ow...), I slept in late this morning, went out and got to drive the tractor around and plow us out until I came in for lunch to relax and let my toes thaw for a while. Time now to go out and finish up, move some leftover house bits from the renovation work out to the barn (some lovely hand-forged iron door/gates that just don't fit for now), then do some brainstorming/planning for 4 upcoming camps (oi), and perhaps knock out a wall or two this evening for fun ;-) I was going to try to get out and ski this afternoon, but that would have made the day just too hectic. Besides, I think I may take off early tomorrow and go when nobody else will be out. I'm not taking on any more freelance assignments for at least a month, life has gotten just too overfull and sleep-deprived, and it's definitely time to rebalance and get much more "me" time. Yay, sustainability.

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[morrigandaughtr.livejournal.com]

. . . Though my perspective is that love itself isn't good, per se, isn't anything but itself, a force wild and precious, dangerous and sacred, disorienting and exhilarating, and far too rare . . . .

I never thought about it quite that way before. Thanks.