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  1. Victoria says

    I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing this. I started to get chills as I read it. I am so glad that someone else out there likes to write by hand and feels like computers cramp their writing style. Really, everything in this article I found to be profound, and I like that it was sweet and succinct and practical. I am not so sure that you have not just changed my life.
    I am sharing this as many people as I can. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

  3. Umi says

    This article just got me insanely happy and inspired (after having suffered from writer’s block for several months now).
    I seriously consider making a poster from it and putting it on my wall, right next to the desk.

    Thank you. Just THANK YOU! :)

  7. says

    Thanks goodness you’re alive and share this awesome & inspiring worth spreading…thank you so much, sending u hugs from Indonesia!! :)

  13. says

    I love your ideas. I wish I had known all these things 40 years ago. And, now I have a renewed energy for my studio. Thanks. For those of you who don’t have enough energy after your day job, I think the key is to have a day job that is relatively stress free – a 9-5 way to make money that doesn’t suck out all your energy. Then, you will have the time and the energy. Living frugally helps with this, then you don’t need a super high paying day job! This man is wise way beyond his years. Listen to him!

  15. b ris says

    thank you so much for posting this! now im going to smoke some weed at the art gallery and rip off your lines to my friends.

  16. says

    Being an artist to me means defining who you are through what you create, not waiting to find out who you are before you start. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Thank you for writing this post.

  17. says

    Going to echo others’ pauses at, “Get a day job.” One thing I noticed about people successful in highly competitive fields was that they couldn’t see themselves as any other way.

    You cross a tightrope without a net differently than when you have the option to fall. Go for it!

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