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What would be the vows someone would take entering the artist's life?

PersonAndSalt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:14:31 -0800

If the three vows of the Franciscans and Dominicans are "chastity, poverty and obedience," what might be the vows that the artist takes? (I mean artist, of course, to cover writers and so on.) I ask this question because for people in a religious order, it is useful to remember what they are sacrificing; to keep it in mind as a given. My friend and I (we're both published novelists in our thirties) were talking last night about losing heart; the difficulty of making art when there are pretty much no rewards, often very little money, and the impossibility of knowing whether one's work will ever be valuable enough to the world to have justified all the sacrifices.

I thought the life of the artist has something to do with the life of someone who joins a religious order, but I wonder what the vows for the artist would be.

So, hive mind... what do you think?

Tired of all the cliche's

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:39:13 -0800

Harry and I got married when I was 42. Ours was a rocky relationship at its worst and absolutely riveting at its best. Even today the passion we share and yes, even the fights we occasionally have are intense, but all the laughter, that is what kept us together. We are sharing our 25th wedding anniversary on our wedding day this December. We are writing vows and I wanted to know what are the little things in relationships that made you love someone the most? I feel like all the things I want to say are cliche I need inspiration. I don't want to disappoint him.

Sci Fi wedding quotes

Hubajube — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:43:18 -0800

My friends are having a sci fi themed wedding and would like some quotes to use during the ceremony. I figured that the internet might be a good place to get suggestions. Any ideas are welcome, romantic, humorous, etc.

In riches or in poverty, in sickness or in health

Happydaz — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:30:04 -0800

Did you write your own vows when you got married? Should we? If you did, what part of your customized vows were you most happy with? I_love_the_rain and I are getting married on December 29! We've been making all the necessary wedding preparations and have been lucky enough to find a family friend, a pastor, who will officiate. He's been doing pre-marriage counseling with us and suggested we write our own vows. Problem is, we both really like the boilerplate "forsaking all others ... til death do us part" phrasing of a standard vow.

We thought maybe we could take the standard vows then tack a few phrases of our own onto the end. This is a Christian ceremony, if it matters, and both of us are the stay-together-no-matter-what variety. So, for the married and non-married mefites alike, what sort of custom vows would you have, if this was your wedding?

Any good wedding readings or vows?

piers — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:36:57 -0800

I am getting married in the fall and I'd like to find some smart, unusual readings to include in the ceremony. I found an earlier thread with some good options, but they had slightly different parameters. For us, both secular and religious/spiritual are welcome (other posters were atheists) - but please nothing too cliche/sappy!

Offiicial wedding vows of New York City

muckster — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:43:18 -0800

Official Wedding Vows. My google-fu is no match for the frenzied hothouse that is the online wedding industry. I'm trying to find the official wedding vows of the city of New York--or whatever the text is called they read you when you get married at City Hall. Thanks.