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Dee, maybe your watercolors would look more like Monets. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores Buente" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:45 AM Subject: Re: PD/artistic abilities > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn