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[Romain / rXg]

Some CLAWS Quotes are quite cool ! :)

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Dave S <sly at mu-sly.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sunday 03 January 2010, Andrew Tarpinian wrote:
> > Should it be treated as a job?
>
> I don't think ANYTHING should be treated as a job - unless you want to stop
> enjoying it!
>
> But then I'm a huge believer in the "work as play" philosophy, in that I
> think
> separation between "work" and "life" is one of the main reasons so many
> people
> are unhappy with their lives.
>
> I don't particularly want to debate this with anyone who thinks otherwise -
> I
> think we've been there on the 'bar before, and my position hasn't
> particularly
> changed, though if anything it has strengthened.  I'm sure there are plenty
> of
> you out there enjoying your jobs - and that's fine by me!  :-)
>
> But interestingly, it was a book I read when on my way to parenthood which
> helped me further firm up my belief about this.  I've found a page here
> which
> seems to have many of the main bits:
>
> http://www.whywork.org/rethinking/leisure/continuum.html
>
> The main point is: "...the apparent absence of a word for 'work' in the
> Yequana vocabulary."
>
> I think (and from my own experience too) that once you start separating
> your
> life into these imaginary concepts of "work" and "leisure", it's only a
> matter
> of time before dissatisfaction and unhappiness ensue.
>
> I would never treat music as "a job", even if it was what I did as my main
> source of income.  I'm trying to remodel my life (and my mode of thinking)
> as
> far as it's possible, so that there will be no distinction between my
> "work"
> and my "life".
>
> I haven't been tremendously busy with websites in the last year, but one
> thing
> I did in Summer 2006 was to conciously decide to stop taking on website
> work
> that I wouldn't enjoy.  I have been a lot poorer since then, but so much
> happier too.  I only make websites that I enjoy making - honestly!!  Play
> (essentially "creativity", I suppose) is a huge part of this.
>
> In the eventual low-ecological-impact life I am building, there will just
> be
> "things I do" - and I'm aiming to always have an element of play (enjoyment
> for the sake of it) in there, and to find opportunities to create that
> where
> it isn't forthcoming.  The word "ludic" sums it up perfectly.
>
> This is the approach I take with music too, so viewing it as "a job" or
> "work"
> would be the last thing I'd do if I wanted to get somewhere with it!
>
> (Of course, if I was writing Puritan anthems for the likes of Tony Blair,
> then
> it's work-work-work all the way!  Ugh!)
>
> Cheers,
>
> ~Dave
>
> PS. Right, that's enough long emails from me for today!
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Romain
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