Little Linda was ecstatic after 7 YEARS OF LIVING ART. She had finished a big art-job and she had tons of red, orange, yellow, green, and blue clothes: Little Linda red shoes, Little Linda yellow jackets, Little Linda purple dresses... Ummm, and when she placed all the clothes on the floor, the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple clothes she made a rainbow. Little Linda sang and clapped and danced around the rainbow she made. Her song was happy and she was the most joyful she had ever been, just like a Saint felt, she thought. Now I'm a real Art Saint. I want to do it again. I want to be happy again and again and again.

So Little Linda pulled out all of her clothes from the attic and renewed all of her vows but this time she made it real simple for herself. She said "Chakras, you change me in your way! I'm not going to boss you around anymore. I'm not going to sit in a colored room or listen to a red, orange or yellow sound or talk in an accent. I'm just going to be." I guess Little Linda was tired of talking to the big bad wolf all alone and she began to ask for more and more and more help.

For those seven years, 1991 - 1998, Little Linda made only one photograph of herself, [()] appeared astrally at the Chagall Chapel [()] seasonally and made a drawing with her left hand of the drawings she did those first seven years with her right hand. What a great big girl she was becoming. A good, not so good, and little bit Holy Big Little Linda. Yes, maybe she really was a guru. Her friend, Annie Sprinkle thought she looked real saintly and fabulous and when she looked at photographs of herself that Annie took, she thought she might really truly be an authentic saint too! [()]

WHAT LITTLE LINDA LEARNED FROM THE YEARS 1991 - 1998

1. If you are going to take a job, realize that it has its own rules and regulations. To remain naive, self-referential and non-flexible while playing in somebody else's playpen is cause for dismissal.

2. The second time-around things are done simpler. It is like having a second child.

3. ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS OF LIVING ART was a fashion statement. The disciplines became internal and secret and the clothes were indicators of the art happening in real time plus cues for practicing awareness.

4. Not everyone can like everyone else but there are ways of showing basic respect in the workplace. That's an art and should not be seen as political schmoozing.

5. Being supported by colleagues births a feeling of compassion in the recipient that is indescribable.

6. Letting go of a good thing sometimes makes room for better things.

7. Big Changes (job, marriage, deaths, illness) need big support.

8. Die daily to prepare for final retirement.

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