MichaelBair

So I was speaking to a girlfriend from the past....... ( can't make the non-PC mistake of saying old-girlfriend..... Holy Jumpin' Jeez.....is it scary out there, or what.... ?!!!!!! ) anyway we had a pretty good talk...about Men & Women, Life & love... you know.....stuff. Now the topic flowed from facts to emotion..and the problems that result from that.. and at some point I said that one of the main "bumps" is that the common language between two people is sometimes the very thing that does them in.. that is to say... people tend to think they are speaking about the same thing when the reality is that they aren't at all. One person

"WE'RE ALL MARRIED TO THE SAME BRIDE" This is a paraphrased line from a Spirit song.. from the album "the Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus".. one of my fravorites. So anyway the reason I bring it up is that I was speaking to a fellow artist, and used the line on him.. now the point that was being made was that we both are artists.. and that we should be able to relate to one another.. that those long pauses that drive most people crazy, are just SOP.. that the way inwhich we see the world is different.. that our passion is a focused element to our lives.. when you're in "the club"...or as I like to say.. "on the other side of the

So here's the thing.. one of my friends teaches at FIT and asked if I'd come into class for a talk with the students.. now it went well.. surprisingly I do know how to speak to groups of people.. one of my dirty secrets is that I do the same kind of talks with elementary school kids.. nothing fancy.. just show them basic stuff.. things to make them feel good about their own drawings. like how to turn a number into a face..or person.. they can all draw numbers..so they have no fear of trying.. although it helps to "trick" them into just writing down their favorite numbers 1st...and then get them started.. Most artists are just looki