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<blockquote data-quote="PiscesMom" data-source="post: 708657" data-attributes="member: 19889"><p>Copa - this is how I think too. Like we can't all be apples - some of us are oranges or whatever and you should be encouraged to follow your passion. </p><p>When I bought my house - well this is a wealthy area, but I found a way to live pretty inexpensively, and I thought the girls now have the freedom to follow their dreams. </p><p>My father did very well as a professional artist - he was a graphic designer - we sure had lean times, but he did make a lot of money at times. Not that I care about money, I care about sharing your talents in the world. Being who you are born to be. And both my daughters are just very talented artists. I feel like I squandered my talents, so I don't want the same for my girls.</p><p>We go to Michaels, I never begrudge them fabric, paints, alcohol based markers, clay, pens, endless sketchbooks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>Art school is crazy expensive. At one IEP meeting, the teacher gave me a printout that caught her eye - an amazing opportunity, maybe thru Disney or something, they work with autistic young adults, something about animation art, I can't remember. An opportunity to learn. We were excited. I looked it up, even with financial aid it was well beyond my reach. I was sad, but I thought Ill keep my eyes open. I don't like that this is our world, what we are used to. That only upper middle and rich kids get to do this stuff.</p><p>The school got my daughter a laptop to support her art, I just asked her about it as I write this, and she said she never figured out how to get the little pad to work - that you draw on and you see what you did on screen. </p><p>When I bought this house, and sold my old one I had lots of cash, and I had a young man I work with build her a computer - with dreams this would carry her into adulthood - doing art. And she does - you can do layers and layers, and erase a layer, and it doesn't affect other layers. For Christmas one year, she printed out pictures she had made, and had it bound as a book for me - I took her to one of those office stores and she didn't let me see what she was doing. <3</p><p></p><p>So I am a follow your bliss, your talents type mom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiscesMom, post: 708657, member: 19889"] Copa - this is how I think too. Like we can't all be apples - some of us are oranges or whatever and you should be encouraged to follow your passion. When I bought my house - well this is a wealthy area, but I found a way to live pretty inexpensively, and I thought the girls now have the freedom to follow their dreams. My father did very well as a professional artist - he was a graphic designer - we sure had lean times, but he did make a lot of money at times. Not that I care about money, I care about sharing your talents in the world. Being who you are born to be. And both my daughters are just very talented artists. I feel like I squandered my talents, so I don't want the same for my girls. We go to Michaels, I never begrudge them fabric, paints, alcohol based markers, clay, pens, endless sketchbooks. :) Art school is crazy expensive. At one IEP meeting, the teacher gave me a printout that caught her eye - an amazing opportunity, maybe thru Disney or something, they work with autistic young adults, something about animation art, I can't remember. An opportunity to learn. We were excited. I looked it up, even with financial aid it was well beyond my reach. I was sad, but I thought Ill keep my eyes open. I don't like that this is our world, what we are used to. That only upper middle and rich kids get to do this stuff. The school got my daughter a laptop to support her art, I just asked her about it as I write this, and she said she never figured out how to get the little pad to work - that you draw on and you see what you did on screen. When I bought this house, and sold my old one I had lots of cash, and I had a young man I work with build her a computer - with dreams this would carry her into adulthood - doing art. And she does - you can do layers and layers, and erase a layer, and it doesn't affect other layers. For Christmas one year, she printed out pictures she had made, and had it bound as a book for me - I took her to one of those office stores and she didn't let me see what she was doing. <3 So I am a follow your bliss, your talents type mom. [/QUOTE]
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