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Re: Engineers, Nurses and Bears! OH MY!

Author: GoodWinds ★2017
Date: 2011-04-15 02:41

I went with Nursing instead of music for two reasons:

1. My folks indirectly made it clear that the Arts was no way to support oneself. Which was kind of too bad, because my younger brother was a superb flutest with song-writing inclinations, and ended up becoming a respiratory therapist...

2. I was heading into 'charity' work overseas, sense of calling, and considered nursing the best 'tool' for this -- but I ended up teaching music and drama most of my years in the Middle East and Africa!

When I returned from overseas, my health faltered, but I had to work to support my kids, so I went back to nursing UNTIL I simply 'crashed'. (I do love hospice and community nursing, though.)

My professional life went by the wayside along with my health.
HOWEVER, I somehow managed to keep playing the oboe (and several other instruments) and with the encouragement of Real Professionals,
I have decided, since Music = Therapy, to break into music as a mid-life career change.

And it's already OBVIOUS to the Real Scientists out there that I am not nearly as interested in micrometer readings as I am in carving that dang-blasted piece of bamboo into something that makes beautiful music...

I'm not NEARLY as competent a player as many who post on this board, but I'm in a small enough town that the competition isn't fierce. I hope.

Wish me luck!

GoodWinds

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