Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!204!Ann.Parsons From: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: despair, part 3 Message-ID: <12109@bunker.UUCP> Date: 31 May 90 04:35:34 GMT Sender: news@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:260/204 - Flower City Central, Chili NY Lines: 25 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 8541 Hi Paula, Paula, don't let anyone anywhere disparage your husband for what he does!!!! Tell him that he is a member of a fraternity that stretches all the way back to Homer, the blind poet and bard of Athena, eirca 1,000 B.C. That's a long time. Do you know that blind bards were valued by the Irish, went to special schools to learn folk lore. Do you know that blind musicians were sought by the pursian kings because it was thought that they played better than others did. Now that's a myth, but..... Do you know that in the tenth century A.D. a blind prince in Japan set asside two professions for the blind, music and massage, (physical, not ego), . So don't let anyone tell you you should be on welfare. Tell 'em to go and procreate with themselves. Being a mendicant is one thing, but being a musician, blind or otherwise is a far different thing!!!! Take care. See you on-line. Appologies for the strong language. Ann P. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!204!Ann.Parsons Internet: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org