Comments on Fluffytek Art Blog: The Quest for Knowledge

To add my two pence, the best years of my life wer...

2008-03-14T01:13:00.000Z

To add my two pence, the best years of my life were those spent in graduate school. I did nothing but study (read and write and review) all day, every day. It was the greatest privilege to sit in a window in the sunlight with a book and know it was "work" to read it. Such pleasure with no guilt because it was "work."

That's the old Anglo work ethic, I guess. Now, with modeling, I derive such pleasure from doing this, but it is "work," right? It really is work, please say it is, or I will have to stop doing it immediately.

I can't speak on being a workaholic, but that is a...

2008-03-12T20:30:00.000Z

I can't speak on being a workaholic, but that is a beautiful photograph :).

I'm not sure I follow. You seem to be saying that...

2008-03-10T06:49:00.000Z

I'm not sure I follow. You seem to be saying that how you live is a result of who you are, and what you enjoy.

We all live in our own heads. Some people enjoy sports, eating, playing video games, watching movies, stirring up drama, jogging, writing poetry, taking pictures...

From this blog reader's point of view, you do have a life -- and you seem to be living it.

You take in information that you are interested in, and you apply it to your relationship with people, life, art, and your writing.

I imagine "workaholic" is the term one would use for the person who's life actually suffers as a result of the time they spend on things they don't do for enjoyment.

Compulsions are things you do without wanting to, or that are irrational.

I don't think you fall into those categories with how you spend your time.

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it. ...

2008-03-10T04:49:00.000Z

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.
Author:William Frederick Book

Don't know your Dad's history - but get the vibe he didn't enjoy what he did. I have known several people as you describe and none enjoyed their work or life - some became very wealthy. They never really learned about Life.

"I was a dedicated student from the age of about nine onwards,..."
Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.
Author:Tony Buzan

"It’s not money that’s the lure, it’s knowledge."
Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.
Author:Joseph Addison 1672-1719,

"I worked and obsessed through many qualifications, two degrees and beyond,...."
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. Author:Abigail Adams 1744-1818

"Mum works during the day, and she studies for fun."
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
Author:Francis Bacon 1561-1626,

"And I’d like to be able to take holidays too, and enjoy them..."
One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, one should not think of play: and when one is at play, one should not think of one's learning. Author: Lord Chesterfield 1694-1773,

"....but by learning to play and actually living life rather than observing it."
People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life -- to learn something is a joy to me.
Author:J. August Strindberg
1849-1912

As you can see by the dates on these quotes this struggle has been going on for a long time.

"So if I know this already, then why the hell can’t I quit?"
I don't have a solution - But I do admire the problem.
Author: Ashleigh Brilliant

I Don't have the capacity tonight for deep thought. So used my quote resources.

I am sitting here with a cold beer and reflecting on spending a delightful afternoon with Unbearable Lightness and her friend R.J. Berry at a show opening for photographer Jim Young. It was such a joy to meet them. It's nice to meet people you have had some contact with in the blog world. All three of them received my wife and I with such warmth. I still have a big smile on my face all these hours later.

D.L. Wood

I would have succumbed to the same fate as your fa...

2008-03-10T02:17:00.000Z

I would have succumbed to the same fate as your father, Lin--but for two nourishing spirits: my wife Patty (a polar opposite personality) and our best friend Beau (a canine). The cure is to fine a calming personality or two that you can't live without.