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Old 05-09-2003, 03:54 PM   #20
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Michele, if anyone suffered "performance anxiety" in Bill's class it was me! Surrounded by so many pros and being self-taught -- I was ready to go home the first day at noon! I'm glad I stuck around, though.

About insensitive people, I pretty much agree with everything everyone else said already. I, personally, will hope to never work in public. I would say that with literally everyone that makes unkind comments, they are completely lacking self-esteem and self-confidence. People who are even relatively self-assured will have only positive things to say to someone, not insensitive or rude comments. When you realize how unhappy they must be, you can only pity them.

And it's true. There's a heck of a lot of people in this world that aren't artistic in the least, and for them the most minor amount of ability to paint is a miraculous puzzle they will never hope to solve. Or even try.

Linda
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