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"Last week I drove my daughter to a job fair at a local resort that caters to
the ultra rich. At 20, Emily has been driving for two years, but the place is
perched on the top of a mountain.
The private road from the gatehouse to the main hotel snakes steeply uphill for
over two miles. She was nervous about the drive and the interview, so I
volunteered to be her chauffer. I figured I'd wait for her (and remain unseen)
in one of the guest parking lots while she went in for her interview.
Emily wants to work in the hotel's greenhouse and gardens. She's an incredibly
talented artist. Painting was her first passion, but she loves beauty in all
its many forms. In the past year, she's developed an obsession with plants and
gardening. She planted a pollinator garden at the edge of our yard and has been
aquiring an impressive collection of indoor plants.
She currently works in a greenhouse that's part of an independent supermarket
and garden center. They don't grow or propagate plants. It's a retail job with
a green thumb vibe. She wants to do more than care for and sell plants.
Nurturing seedlings, tending to gardens, sculpting her surroundings — all of
these tasks fill Emily's artistic cup.
Emily is a sponge. She wants to learn everything possible about the plants we
hang in our windows and place on the shelves in our homes. That's how we found
ourselves creeping up that narrow mountain road in the fog, headed towards what
may be her very first full-time job. I'm happy for her. I want this for her. I
also worry about the world crushing her spirit, though I know this is kind of
inevitable, particularly for artists."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
