"By Learning you will Teach,
by Teaching you will Learn."
attributed to Latin proverb and to Phil Collins lyrics.
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| Painting in Progress |
I've been told I was probably a dog in another life. If such things are true, it's probably so. According to Animal Wisdom, I am Coyote. (ok, that's not exactly what I had hoped - Wolf was what I imagined.) In this life, I am woman, painter and also, teacher.
Trying to paint AND teach is challenging. I manage to do both. Some will argue you can't do both and do either well. There is some truth to that. Only in the sense that you can't be in both places at once. In my case, it means that I don't paint as often as I like.
Which is why, in May, for the first time in 4 years, I'm taking a month off from teaching to concentrate on painting. I'm looking forward to it - chomping at the bit, actually, for May to come NOW. Not that I don't love teaching or my students. I DO...beyond description. But it's time for me to paint.
Trying to paint AND teach is challenging. I manage to do both. Some will argue you can't do both and do either well. There is some truth to that. Only in the sense that you can't be in both places at once. In my case, it means that I don't paint as often as I like.
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| Monday night class |
Which is why, in May, for the first time in 4 years, I'm taking a month off from teaching to concentrate on painting. I'm looking forward to it - chomping at the bit, actually, for May to come NOW. Not that I don't love teaching or my students. I DO...beyond description. But it's time for me to paint.
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