I find satire to be rather important for mental health exercise. it keeps the tension below the belt. I try to practice teaching this to people as a means to combat the pressures of life and things like clinical depression. Some get it, some don't, it all depends on the person. My last couple days at my retail job, I've been training this 71 year old woman that's a painter whom I work with. The lady is computer illiterate, but artistically, she's kind of the definition of "all things: go." Only she probably doesn't even realize it. She's humbled in her age, much like I'd like to be. The old woman seems somewhat lonely. She's told me that she has a difficult time connecting with people of her own age because she can't relate to them in the local area due to being from a more financially conservative state and then in her peak years of 20-40, living abroad and struggling to survive.It's rare that I'm properly challenged by my my own interpretation of the Creative Spark, but when the opportunity comes, I do not squander the potential for a lesson in life. The old woman probably just needs some friends...I can relate, I spend the majority of my own time alone. I suggested a few local establishments to get her art showcased at, as I honestly believe that she's the best in the area, and this is my hometown. I haven't seen paintings like hers by local artists with such detail in...thereabouts of 17 or 18 years. The last, was a local playwright...the old man died alone, in his studio apartment with his parrot...the old man was the baby in the baby carriage, in the original black and white cuts of The Little Rascals.
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