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Hi Jann, I really enjoyed your message to the group. I guess you would call me an "artistic type." From childhood I've always enjoyed drawing. I also had an early interest in interior design and expressed it when I was around 13 or 14 by painting & redecorating the bedroom I shared with my sisters. Being on a budget, I used fabric my mother had left over from her sewing projects and reupholstered an abandoned old chair for the room. When I had totally run out of money and had nothing to decorate the walls, I salvaged a large painted tin tray and used it on the wall in lieu of framed art work. This passion for interior design, the love of beautifully composed vignettes, the need for orderliness and composure in my life has carried through as being a fundamental part of my personality. A few years ago I finally found the time in my life to pursue my interest in watercolor. I've found it very satisfying and wish that I'd taken it up sooner in life. Now, like the piano playing that Scott refers to as his wife's artistic expression, I find myself doing less painting as a result of the limitations Parkinson's is putting on the quality of my work. Never feel that your contributions to this List must relate to experimental science. That has been just one facet of the topics, interests and opinions shared here. Like you, I have given some thought and done some investigation into toxin exposure as a cause of PD. I've also had a feeling that such things as strong emotional trauma, grief, anger might play a part in susceptibility to Parkinson's...if not in it's origination, then in the manifestation of its symptoms. Brainstorming, batting around ideas, sharing opinions and personal experiences is a vital part of this group and it is what makes it so valuable. Dee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn