Quote for the day: vocation is a class privilege?

"While many discuss vocation in terms of authentic selfhood or personal identity, Bauman (1998) considers this a class privilege, and asserts the only vocation open to the masses today: the vocation of consumer." ~~ Bruce Spencer and Elizabeth Lange, The Purposes of Adult Education: An Introduction

Challenging Quote (and blog post) for the Day

"There’s a big difference between tidying up your home and freeing up your life. Instead of merely sparking some joy within yourself, light a fire in the world." ~~ Joshua Becker, "'Does it Spark Joy?' is the Wrong Decluttering Question"

Quote for the day: Paul Klee

"First of all, the art of living; then as my ideal profession, poetry and philosophy, and as my real profession, plastic arts; in the last resort, for lack of income, illustrations."   —Paul Klee.

(Gualtieri Di San Lazzaro, Klee. Praeger, New York, 1957, p. 16)