From: Joe Portale (jportale@gci-net.com)
Date: 07/08/01-02:39:04 PM Z
HI Jack,
Thanks for the comments. Sorry about the VID camera, but to quote an old
Sicilian saying, "If you don't break your tools, you aren't using them". You
got to run around one of my favorite places in the world, Utah. I really
like the Southern part in the Virgin River Basin by Bryce and Zion. If you
have never been there you must take time to go there. It is really God's
country. The wife and I have seriously been considering heading that way
for good.
Take care and once again, thanks.
Joe
PS. There was one thing that I did leave out about dropping out. There is a
risk when doing something like this. I was talking to a very dear friend who
is (was? Don't know anymore) married to a wanna-be painter. The husband (day
job was as a computer programmer administrator making huge money) got a bug
to drop everything, sell off all their belongings, and move to a cabin in
the wilds of Iowa. She had visited the area and cabin. Beautiful country,
yes. The cabin had no running water, bathroom or electricty. And it was 50
miles to the nearest town. He needed to paint, she felt that she needed to
keep her marrage. Haven't heard from her in three years. The last thing she
said to me before they left was, "Joe, when you and I were in college and
living out of the back of a VW van together, that was called being a hippy.
Now that we are pushing 50, that's called being homeless". ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Fulton" <jefulton1@home.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: livelihood/art
> Joe
> I've just come back from a lovely kayak paddle down the Green River of UT.
> I did roll over and lose a camera to the water spirits and perhaps ruined
a
> digital vid-cam but the truth is that Mother Nature is a curative for what
> ails one.
> I thoroughly enjoyed your frank description of how to leave familiarity
and
> dive into what is important to one.
> Best
> Jack Fulton
>
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