I've often referred to myself as a 'Jill of all Hobbies, Master of One'. So I thought I should name this general blog of "what I'm up to these days" something like that. But when I read the Wikipedia page of 'Jack of all Trades, Master of None', I came across a word: Polymath.
It's an all-together better name for this blog...why? Because it is a goal to work towards.
"Jill of all hobbies" describes my hopping from one pursuit to another quite well. But in certain light, it is a put-down. A Polymath is a person who is good at more than a few subjects--which arguable I am now--but I am no Franklin or Edison yet! It's something to work towards.
I have tried an exhaustive number of activities. Every year I go through three or four hobbies. Of course, only Puppetry sticks with me...and I do loop back to ones that I've enjoyed in the past.
Currently, I'm knitting a new scarf for Frank because he felted the last one. I'm once again doing Contra-Dancing:
I'm also dabbling in Photography and Photo-shopping. My current musical instrument is a Native American Flute. I'm in the middle of planning my summer season for puppetry which looks like it'll be May to September. I've made several Yahoo Videos for Dad's website...speaking of websites...In addition to Dad's, I'm working on two others. One for the Puppeteers of Puget Sound and I'm consulting on Greenwood as well.
Add to this the fact that my doctor says I'm not getting enough exercise, which means I must start another activity, and you get a pretty tired Elly and one who is definitely on the path to becoming a Polymath!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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