This is the quote that I have to work with today along with Music which is the challenge at Art Journal Journey. "The best man for the job is a woman" - do you agree or does it depend on the job?
For my page this week I used one made earlier and, finding some die cut music shapes, stuck them on around the border and put just one figure on rather than making it a picture with a background. I liked the quote at a slant - intentional, not a slip when placing down.
"Bettina had always loved music. Her father had done a bit of DJ'ing at local dance halls close to where they lived and she had got used to music blasting out most days. Dad had even shown her how to use his equipment and she loved all things to do with music.
Bettina was also a bit of a tom boy as a child and she found she enjoyed the subjects at school that mainly were taken by the boys. Technology was her favourite along with Science, and, of course, music. Lucky for her Dad had contacts in the music industry and so, when work experience came around, he was able to find her some work shadowing with friends of his in the business.
When it came time to see the Careers teacher at school she knew exactly what she wanted to do - be a sound engineer - and so she found out all she could about the profession, studied as much as was possible and came out with good grades at 16.
She didn't want to be in some recording studio, she wanted more involvement than that. She wanted to be behind the scenes at live performances and deal with some aspects of lighting and stage direction too. University would equip her for all that and so that was her short term goal
She knew that it was going to be an uphill struggle but there were lots of women out there doing similar things and she wanted to be one of them. After all, as she said to her mother "The best man for the job is a woman" and so, equipped with her ear phones and equipment along with the backing of both her parents she entered University ready to become as good at her degree course which combined technical and creative coursework with work experience as any other student. Who knew where she might end up in years to come."
