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Re: pro/amateur

At 5:05 PM -0500 12/26/01, Liebig, Steuart A. wrote:

>** right. since i have a dayjob, i must be an amateur . . . i'm 
>thinking of having a t-shirt made that so identifies me.
>
>besides which, how many "professionals" are really doing something 
>that they feel in their creative hearts to make the $$$? damn few in 
>my estimation.

It's worth reflecting on the fact that before "profession" came to 
mean "a line of work" it generally described a religious calling. So 
traditionally, a professional was one who had a lofty goal and whose 
work had a spiritual essence.
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