Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True enough, as far as it goes. But I might also see that as a rationalization for having given up certain things. And I'd say that sustaining permanent brain damage is making a sacrifice, not matter how one would look at it. Whether giving up any semblance of a 'normal' life, with relationships, family, etc. is a sacrifice for some people is another question, I suppose. On 8/2/06 11:10 AM, "R. Clayton McKee" <leica@rcmckee.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information