Morwenna
One of my friends put it this way regarding performing music: if you get paid for it, and have done so several times, you're a professional. That makes my husband and me professional singers, and him a professional actor. There's no way we could ever make a living at those things, but we have enough experience to qualify. He says he's an above-average actor, since he's made over $3000 in his life by acting; goes to show you how many professional actors there are out there! (And how relatively few ever make the big time.)
By the same token, we've both performed divination for pay (Tarot and runes for me, stone casting for him) at several Renaissance fairs over the years, which qualifies us there too, especially for me since I studied those arts for many years before going public. Yet neither of us has practiced for pay for quite some time now. We still can call ourselves professionals (though he may disagree in his own case).
By the same token, we've both performed divination for pay (Tarot and runes for me, stone casting for him) at several Renaissance fairs over the years, which qualifies us there too, especially for me since I studied those arts for many years before going public. Yet neither of us has practiced for pay for quite some time now. We still can call ourselves professionals (though he may disagree in his own case).
