YOU CAN´T TAKE IT WITH YOU: carracter research

The extended family obviously consists of a bunch of happy, eccentric, charming and playful dilletants. There are representants of ceveral art fields, but none of them claim to be profeccional. Are they hobbyist or dont they just brag or care. (How good/bad are they. We discussed this in class. Its easy to think Essy dances like an sack of corpses or Penny paints like a 12 year old. J.C mean they might actually be damn good. Makes sence. And what is good? How? Even though Kroskisjlkjsdsnof claims that Pennies painting is awful, and Essies dancing terrible, he sais the same about the monte carlo ballett as well. So why listen to him? He also says that art can only be achieved through respiration, and is there something this family defenetly gets in their air, its this (or was it perhaps perspiration? anyway)
The scientists: De Penna & father
Penny: Playwright, painter, (earlier actor?)(and hobby psychology)
Essie: Dancer, conditor
Ed: Xylophone player, ingeniur, printmaker, and mask maker..
Granpa
Guy: actor
Mr Kirby: Trapeze, orchids and saxophone
Mrs Kirby: Spiritualism
Donald: Accordian
Rheeba: Food
Tony
Alice
The Dutchess: Food

Ed defenetly reads Modern Mechanics and other similar magazines. I can imagine him having tons of little more or less surreal craft projects going on in the house. Things on shelfs on the wall, costumizing of the furniture. I also see him constantly picking on stuff, curling paper, twisting caps, drawing mustaches in the newspaper.
The DIY pages in MM are perfect for him. Some projects.