Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2 Aug 2006 at 9:45, B. D. Colen wrote: > But > beyond that, they are willing to sacrifice, or at least risk, virtually > everything else in their lives for their work - and that takes something > very special and rare; I know I sure don't have it, and I don't think many > people in any field do. To tweak the perspective a bit (without disagreeing in the slightest with your comments) Shortly after Dame Margot Fonteyn died, back 1991, one of the radio stations here played an interview with her that'd be recorded only a few months before she passed on. One of the questions she was asked was whether she ever regretted the sacrifices she had made. Her response was that the question was "bullshit." (Her word.) She went on, roughly paraphrased, `I have never sacrificed for my art. I have made the choice to do certain things and that has meant I have made the choice NOT to do other things... that is the nature of any art. If you're "sacrificing for your art" you're not really that serious about it. Go do the things you REALLY want to do.' So I don't know if "sacrifice" is the right word here. Perhaps it's simply a different set of values and perspectives in play? -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request