A selection of vaguely bohemian skills and professions, from shaking your hips to penning lines to crafting magpie-bait.
It's all too common for folks today to earn their chinks at a workplace they can't wait to leave. It's easier said than done to make your passions into profit; it takes a whopping lot of persistence and hard work. But if you've the guts and the luck to achieve it, the rewards surpass the numbers in your bank account. Click on the links below to explore some of the many vaguely boho ways to pay the bills.
The rumor has it that C.S. Lewis said, "We read to know we're not alone." (This quote originated with William Nicholson's play and film Shadowlands.) Despite studies that show we're reading less, the book remains an almost magical item - a bound pile of paper that might hold any world we can imagine.
The people of ancient Greece, it has been said, believed that the gods actually appeared on stage during a play. We're more likely to worship celebrity now, but there is plenty of brave theatre and courageous film making to be found in our own era.
"Those who hear not the music think the dancer mad," so make your music heard.
Don't be fooled by the name: abs are an integral part of this family of dance styles; but belly dance is far more nuanced than you might think. Dance has been around, in effect, since humanity, and belly dance performance and practice can be just plain fun or nigh transcendent.
Sometimes juggling objects can be an awfully good remedy for juggling life. Meanwhile, impress all your friends with your super powers of manipulation and dexterity!
It's an old cliche to say a picture's worth a thousand words. Check out these photographers, painters, and graphic artists and see if it's true.
From the shiny to the colorful to somewhat darker crafts, the vaguely bohemian would do well to incorporate a few of these skills into her repertoire, and a few of these items into his wardrobe!