Reminder to myself

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;