NPR had a story yesterday about older artists of modest means who manage still to live in New York City. Hank Virgona, 78, usually makes $25,000 to $30,000 a year. The last movie he saw was Fahrenheit 9/11:
"No one has ever heard me say, 'Well, listen, would you like to buy this?' I never do that. I talk about art. I talk about my love for it; I talk about what you can get from it, you know? That a walk down a quiet street, especially towards like dusk, is as good as going to Caracas or Venezuela or anywhere — you know what I mean? It's nourishing. That's what art — that's part of its purpose."
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Thanks for posting the link to that story. It is nice to read about people who can lively simply because they are more interested in their passion than material things. I liked the last line especially: "these artists show how a lifetime of engagement and passion is a model for health and well-being."
I enjoyed the story and the focus being on the passion of art and living it.
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