The wonderful life of being an artist and calling yourself that and living that and only being that is what anybody can do.
I am not unique. I decided to do all of the above when I was very young. There is something in that decision that cut off all the other paths and made it simple. Once you have made your mind up the rest just falls in place. Some people are art teachers and artists second. That is a choice some people make because it seems safer. But you will always be that two things. Doing one thing is focused and powerful.
Burning every other bridge except what you really want is risky only in the sense that you might experience pain along the way.
the reality of it is you will experience pain no matter what. Being poor has it’s own reward. You do learn not to depend on money because that is not even in the equation . Once you have money you get dependent on it . Money is like a drug. You don’t have to live in a big house, You can live in a room if you have to. Lord knows I have lived in several rooms along the way.
I have a friend that used to make a ton of money as she was a CEO of a big company. She told me she couldn’t stop working because of the “golden handcuffs”. She was used to being able to buy anything anytime anywhere.
Security, even imagined security is a tremendous pull.
Burn all the ships I say, Burn the bridges and just do it and see what happens. Yes this is a radical concept but it is the right one if you want to do something. If you always think I would rather do ,,, fulltime, then do it.
Original photo of cuffs courtesy of banspy