Candid Questions

[dolly]

It would be pretty fascinating to view life through someone elses eyes, Sis. Not sure you'd want to view them through mine though - yik. And as for the Economics - I can't fathom it either!!!! It's kind of difficult teaching something I know little about - and much as it is stressing me out big time, it's also teaching me a lot about myself. I didn't realise how much of a perfectionist I was, and if I don't feel that I'm completing a task (or teaching A2 macroec) 100% brilliantly, then my self esteem suffers and I put waaay too much pressure on myself. I'm trying to learn that I don't have to be perfect at everything and that it's ok to be learning. I feel I have to have the answers straight away or else I'm totally out of my comfort zone.

Y'know you remind me a lot of my friend Lyns - I've always been slighly envious, for want of a better word, that she has that arty talent thing going on. It must be such an outlet. And artistic people I've been around always seem a hell of a lot more... serene than I ever will be.

Wouldn't it be great to trade places for a day! Though we'd have to warn Thorn and JLLM first so as it not to be too freaky. They could perhaps get together play the XBox and smoke some Js together

[sisyphus]

Know little about Economics? Wait, what's your degree in? As for perfectionism, I know what you mean. I was pretty obsessive about papers and projects in school. I think I missed out on a lot of fun I could have been having because I was always picking away on them until they were perfect.

I've never put the words "artist" and "serenity" together in the same sentence before. Most artists I know seem to be pretty manic. Still, maybe you're right in a way. Most of my friends consider me pretty mellow; not really judging myself or anyone else too harshly. They they think I don't have much stress or anxiety. What they don't understand is that I really do, I just channel it differently--into the artwork. In the moment I kind of mentally throw up my hands and resign myself to imperfection, and this makes it appear like I don't let things get to me, and then I go make things. So yeah, making art (of any kind) is most definitely a release valve.

It really would be great to trade places for a day. Perhaps someday we'll astrally project. (although I kinda doubt it...)