Today on Jerry's Facbook page the Wall asks:" Many women have brought up what it takes to be an artist AND a mother. Women who are mothers and artists, speak. Other than obvious time-money career issues, what do we need to know? Does the inner-narrative, outer ambition, or necessity change? Does the vision-quest alter, the goals different? Does a new crystal appear, an old one dim?"
One friend responded: "The level of vulnerability I now feel in this world is shocking. Totally unexpected I feel the need for art greater than ever...as a way of being. in a weird way art has become more real to me. Hard to explain but having a child... the space that art is is listening even more intently. I feel more empowered, less materialistic. Very exciting. Spohia is bringing down the walls"
Another friend's comment read: "Just want to reiterate that Iris Anna Regn and I have been addressing family life and creative practice questions in a long-term multi-prong project called BROODWORK. Please feel free to become a fan and continue the discussion there as well. We'd also like to be informed about parents who make work that we can consider for future exhibitions. We have also just started a discussion topic regarding this: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=
The Comments from friends had begun to 3- dimensionalize the page. Connectedness among such a large group regarding the questions from an array of perspectives had allowed for any friend of his page to engage in not only receiving but giving information. Thus, creating a rather robust and complex answer to the question, that not only resulted in the telling of personal stories, but the exchange of knowledge and resources.
Jerry Saltz's Facebook page is an engaged and actively connected network-living and breathing.
It was also like my Oprah:)
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