"I have known dozens of artists, and most of them live without knowing where their life is going or how it is going to be . . . The normal situation is that, perhaps for years, you work away at your art, your life vocation, your life-fulfilling field of action, and there's no money in it. You have to live, though, so you get a job. Then, you are doing so well in your job that your employer wants to move you into a higher position. You'll have to give more to the job than before, and you will receive a higher salary, but your new commitments will cut down on your free time . . . To keep up with your responsibilities and your fitness, and still nurture your creative aspect, you must put a hermetically sealed retort, so that there is no intrusion, around a certain number of hours each day - however many you can honestly afford - and that time must be inviolate . . . Give a certain number of hours a day to your art, and make it consistent."
Joseph Campbell
Photo: Dewdrops rest on a Pasqueflower petal, Young Gulch, Roosevelt National Forest, CO, April 14, 2012. Each water droplet reminds me of the sort of "bubble" that Campbell is talking about.
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