The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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Yawnfully wanders in.

Stumbles back out.

*Bars and bolts the door behind calandale.*

Who let him in?

Thanks reika! I'm not comfortable enough in my ability as yet to sell it. I have never had any art instruction. People often ask me to draw for them this or that, and I can't. I'm having tremendous difficulty illustrating my children's book, because I am trying to draw (manufacture) specific things (rather than just draw the pictures that I can see are already on the paper). When I retire, I will explode with all the pictures that are bottled up inside my head, and those pictures I see that are already on the paper and canvas. I won't then have to be concerned whether they sell or not, and I can just do whatever I want to, and won't have to dance to the requests of others. I'm thinking I had better get enough training under my belt first that when I do jump in I will have the confidence to do so.

I showed my psychiatrist several of my artworks, which included a quick painting I did of my friend April based on a dream that I had just had. He told me most of my work was crap. When he saw the picture of April he asked me how much I would sell it for if I didn't just give it away. I shrugged my shoulders and said "100.00?" He told me that he sells art in New York, and that I could probably get $400.00 for it, being unknown. He wanted me to paint 1,000 copies of it. I told him he was nuts! Who would want to paint the same painting over and over 1,000 times? And why would 1,000 people want the same painting? He asked me how long it would take me to do that. I told him probably a year. He said that's $400,000.00 for a year's work. He pointed out that I have done pharmacy for 25 years having never enjoyed it at all. He told me to stop giving my art away, but I enjoy doing that.

Still, art is the thing I love to do best, and I don't want to kill my joy. I'm not a machine. Maybe he's right - dunno. But retirement is only 7 years away.

Now, Quatermass, open the door. Come on!

G' mornin' Nannarob, Quatermass, Lau and Chuck!!

Watch it. In case you didn't notice from my new avatar, my jaw unhinges when I'm insane.

*Opens the door.*

Now, RUUUUUNNNNNNNNN!! !! !

goodmorning,
i've had the flue, three days in bed
no job yet
glad you all do better than me

what is happening to calendale?
has an alien taken him over?

Sorry, Lemon that you have the flu, especially as you have young children. Your job is somewhere there on the horizon.

It's never fun being sick and looking after kids. Hope you get better soon, Lemon!

Chuck, do you accept your shrink's judgment on your paintings? He seems money orientated. Your painting is an extension of you.

I've seen the silver lady and your bark man, and I, who has no art ability, would love to hang your work. And I was thinking of several thousand (aus ) dollars at least.

Please!! ! Wind up toy brains neither make it through professional school nor create art of the variety you do.

Since when are psychiatrists good art critics? {He turned around quickly enough when he saw one he liked, didn't he. Seeing $$$ sighs. Best to just do the stuff you love as you love it, not for a profit. It never quite works out really well when you have to do it for a buck.}

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Sorry you've been ill, Lemon. lotsa stuff going around. I've had a nasty cold that's now settled in my ears, so I can gleefully go to work now and know I won't hear anyone complaining all day.

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Ubantu - is it really worth all the effort?


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(Wave at mom as hitting the door for the SoCal Freeways)

Last edited by Nan on 17 Sep 2007, 11:28 am, edited 3 times in total.

no worry blessed, my hub takes care of them,
he says i can't organise these things, so he gives me tasks,

"you do this now"("read him a book", "help her with homework", "wash the dishes", etc) (right now a huge stack of laundry is calling me) i find it easier to have tasks, otherwise i turn in circles.
i do not always agree (i'd like to have a little more clarity, although his system seems to work it's often a little chaotic), i do not believe i cannot organise things either, but he wouldn't want to cooperate in my system anyway.(he says i create too much rules)

so sometimes we fight over it, most of the time we do as he says (he's a good boss in general,
he is only a little impatient/nervous from time to time, and for my own aspie-norms not very logic either)
but well, we love each other and it seems to work, so what can i say ?

was it in a posts or is it private? i mean can i see it too? please ?

I'm glad to hear that you have someone to help you! If the way you and your husband do things works well for you and you are happy with how things are, that is all that matters. And you love each other. It doesn't get much better than that!!
I am not good at organizing and getting tasks done , either. I do them because there is no one else and I pray no one notices that I don't know what I'm doing.

THe Bark man is back about 150 pages or so. And the silver lady is back a couple of pages.

AH HA!! I got this cold from NAN!! !

Have a safe drive and see you later!