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I have taken this quote out of a small piece Raymond E Fiest wrote about himself and why he started writing his novels. I happen to like it. I hope that you enjoy it too, feel free to comment.
"I grew up in an environment at home where imagination was encouraged. But today you hear people telling children, "Stop daydreaming and pay attention!" Smart kids are put in the science class, not in art or music. You don't hear, "Hey, we've got a genius here -- give him a violin, a paintbrush, a pen." There's a sense in America today that art is equated with frivolity. "Serious" people don't make their living writing books."
"Well, I do. I am, by much luck and some skill, a paid storyteller, despite having been programmed to think that I should be a scientist, doctor, or lawyer. Somehow, in spite of the best efforts of the Los Angeles Unified City School System, I still managed to end up a writer, a spinner of yarns, a creator of worlds."
I couldn't help but smile at these comments, they are very true. Hmm maybe another reason why America has hit an area of artistic and creative stagnation lately.
Peace...
-Adam
I have taken this quote out of a small piece Raymond E Fiest wrote about himself and why he started writing his novels. I happen to like it. I hope that you enjoy it too, feel free to comment.
"I grew up in an environment at home where imagination was encouraged. But today you hear people telling children, "Stop daydreaming and pay attention!" Smart kids are put in the science class, not in art or music. You don't hear, "Hey, we've got a genius here -- give him a violin, a paintbrush, a pen." There's a sense in America today that art is equated with frivolity. "Serious" people don't make their living writing books."
"Well, I do. I am, by much luck and some skill, a paid storyteller, despite having been programmed to think that I should be a scientist, doctor, or lawyer. Somehow, in spite of the best efforts of the Los Angeles Unified City School System, I still managed to end up a writer, a spinner of yarns, a creator of worlds."
I couldn't help but smile at these comments, they are very true. Hmm maybe another reason why America has hit an area of artistic and creative stagnation lately.
Peace...
-Adam
"I grew up in an environment at home where imagination was encouraged. But today you hear people telling children, "Stop daydreaming and pay attention!" Smart kids are put in the science class, not in art or music. You don't hear, "Hey, we've got a genius here -- give him a violin, a paintbrush, a pen." There's a sense in America today that art is equated with frivolity. "Serious" people don't make their living writing books."
"Well, I do. I am, by much luck and some skill, a paid storyteller, despite having been programmed to think that I should be a scientist, doctor, or lawyer. Somehow, in spite of the best efforts of the Los Angeles Unified City School System, I still managed to end up a writer, a spinner of yarns, a creator of worlds."
I couldn't help but smile at these comments, they are very true. Hmm maybe another reason why America has hit an area of artistic and creative stagnation lately.
Peace...
-Adam