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Thanks for the response.
Hmmmm...I trained in a kitchen (the atelier of hard knocks) before culinary school, so developed a VERY thick skin and a good attitude about "I know nothing; I'm here to learn" otherwise summed up as "yes, chef," to say nothing about the agility developed ducking flying saute pans, having a rushing line cook spill boiling stock down your leg, and various other learning experiences that would make flying vine charcoal tantrums laughable by comparison.
In all seriousness, very valuable advice, but as long as someone articulate is commenting here and there, I'm trained to submit my ego for the chance to watch and participate. I believe the individual drives his/her education.
More of a hurdle is this obnoxious thing called life: mortgage, husband, two dogs, full-time job, and a determination to participate in my hobbies, all while training myself to paint, to draw, to SEE.
The way I figure, though, it's 2003, and why not do it all? It's just a question of making it happen, personal responsibility, all that.
I knew a girl who was Shanks' first apprentice; Danni Dawson. I married into and then divorced out of that decadent group of artists.... but her work remains an inspiration.
I'll commmit to a summer program, and doubt I'll have to eat dogfood and sleep in my car to do it.
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