"Being an artist is not a bad way to waste one's life." I am quoting an artist friend who said this one day when we were walking our dogs together. He prefers to go unnamed (though he is of considerable stature and success as an artist). I have been pondering this, and what I have arrived at, is that one could fill in the blank of "Being a _____ is not a bad way to waste one's life", and it would be equally true. Or maybe, "chasing after balls is not a bad way to waste one's life."
