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Originally Posted by Patricia Joyce
Everytime I read someone's bio which states that they grew up with an artist parent/grandparent, getting mentorship and encouragement to be creative I felt envy.
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The great jazz guitarist Pat Metheny was just in town. You watch and listen and you just wonder, slack-jawed, where that came from. And then you learn that he actually started out as a trumpet player. And that his grandfather was a trumpet player under John Philip Sousa. Metheny was probably toe-tapping in the womb.
I never made it as an athlete, but a maternal relative was an NFL football player and that fact itself was a huge motivational push for my son, who excelled in the sport in high school and now plays for a college team.
We are teaching always, whether by design or accident. Class is always in session.