Well, what did you expect? Did you expect it to be easy? Making art, practicing it, improving, studying and learning new things, studying to work, earning a living, not losing your connection to others, keeping your health, humanity, your spirit intact while laying it bare. Your heart on a sheet of paper for everyone to see Your brain spilled out onto a pdf document for everyone to comment on to love, to hate, to judge, to belittle, to appreciate, to change Well, what did you expect? Being an artist means resistance You have to fight for it Fight for the time, the energy... It takes the sacrifice of your perfectionism, your pride, your ego It takes people and community and care Being an artist is hard But if you want to do art Somehow, in whatever niche way You will do art! and that's the easy part;