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[ursula]

A link from greythistle on feminism, housework, and choices that aren't makes me wonder about the liberal arts & ambition-- there's no particular reason why an English or sociology degree should doom you to life as a secretary, but so many of my non-math friends seem to feel stuck between temping and grad school . . .

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Re: horrible!

[ursula]

. . . à la Eva?

I am wondering if going along saying that one day one is going to do something non-droneful, be it art or saving the world, one day, when exactly what that thing ought to be is clear, and in the meantime one is going to get the first job that presents itself without really thinking about it (because thinking about jobs is boring and saving the world is interesting) is more dangerous than just admitting that you *aren't* going to save the world right now and getting a job that you *do* think about and *can* think about without intense boredom. Knowing how to find a real job is not really all that different from knowing how to be an artist without starving.

But then I see the problem in terms of inertia rather than despair.

Re: horrible!

[ursula]

The Dickinson novel.

Where doesn't art come in? Especially if you're not interested in money or saving the world?