When traveling the show circuit peddling my wares from my little slice of mobile workshop, I meet a lot of interesting people. They range from a wide variety of various income levels, educational backgrounds, ethnicity, ages, and so on. From my booth I watch them with curiosity as they shuffle by in the ever changing stream of faces flowing through the event. They wander in and out. They pick things up and marvel at them, and a few even engage in conversation with me. Now this is what interested me. I get a lot of the same questions such as how long does it take to make something, or do I make all this stuff. Some folks ask if I have a website, but the question that always puzzles me is "So what's your real job?". In my opinion it is my "job" to entertain you. My work entertains you. Now it won't pedal around on a unicycle and juggle colored balls, but when you look at it there is something good or bad about it that entertains your mind. So in effect I am lumped in with the entertainment group of musicians, actors, comedians, writers, film makers, ect. I like being a part of this group, I happen to love film, music, books, and theater. It is some of the few things that can spice up some of the blandness of modern day living. So my "real job" is to save the general public from the madness of the mundane, one metal sculpture at a time. Next time I get the what is your real job question, my response will be.
"Oh I am an abnormality specialist."
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