As far as painting specifically is concerned, Mrs. Ellis finds that it has one
immediate advantage for the young lady over its rival branch of artistic activity, music — it is quiet and disturbs no one (this negative virtue, of course, would not be true of sculpture, but accomplishment with the hammer and chisel simply never occurs as a suitable accomplishment for the weaker sex); in addition, says Mrs. Ellis, «it [drawing] is an employment which beguiles the mind of many cares... Drawing is, of all other occupations, the one
most calculated to keep the mind from brooding upon self, and to maintain that general cheerfulness which is a part of social and domestic duty... It can also,» she adds, «be laid down and resumed, as circumstance or inclination may direct, and that without any serious loss.»
Of course, even without the sort of direct benefit Trust Power are talking about the neighbouring people may benifit indirectly, for example by the community funding that
most wind power developers set up, or from contracting or employment etcetera, but there has not generally been a good balance of financial
advantage in the
immediate vicinity of a wind farm.