Well Harold is a fireman and he drives his Westy to work in Richmond;
doesn't seem to slow him down.

Back on topic, I am a singer, songwriter, guitar player, upright bass
player, mandolin player, luthier & remodeller.  I have no qualms about being
creative; its my nature to make things or make them better.

I too don't care for the dismissive quality of the term 'artsy-fartsy'; what
we do is much more important than that, as important in its own way as
Harold's firefighting/first responder gig.  Its a good topic to consider at
this time of year.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

On 12/23/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>
> On Dec 23, 2006, at 10:12 AM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
>
> > I love this topic. I also thing that "Artsy Fartsy" doesn't just
> > mean fine
> > arts - I think those of you who are craftsmen and educators
> > definately fit
> > under the unbrella of "Artsy Fartsy".
>
> In my opinion, artsy-fartsy doesn't mean anything except to 1)
> dismiss the creative as something silly and 2) among the creative in
> the way the N-word is often used in rap music lyrics... "oh, don't
> take me too seriously, I'm just fartsy."
>
> Few are comfortable saying "I'm creative" the way they might say "I
> can bench press so-and-so" or "I'm a good shot" or some other
> physical or mental ability.
>
> This thread makes for interesting reading, but there are so many
> people on this list, I'm not sure we've spotted a trend. Creative
> folks may actually be in the minority!
>
> I also hope that doctors, firemen and cops don't drive Vanagons. It
> matters too much that they get to work. : )
>
> Jim
>

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Jake
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