Musings of an unhinged mind.

Hi Friends,

Over the years I have visited with many artists about how they got into the business of art. Some have done nothing else but create art and do it full time, others reached a certain point in their lives where they were able to make the transition from a "real job" to art and a livable wage.

However they got to the point of creation, it has been right for them and they pursue it as the fountain of life.

What would you be doing without art in your life? Could you survive? How well?

For me, I raised a family, mostly on my own, and designed electrical substations for a living. An odd undertaking for someone that knew she would be an artist from the time a pencil was first grasped in very small hands. But a practical solution to the huge undertaking of raising a family.

Now as a person of, ahem, a certain age I realize everything that has gone before has led me to this world of total immersion in creation.

If there could be a perfect world without art, what would you have become? I always thought being a zoo veterinarian would rank right up there for me. Now, I'm not sure who I am without creating art. Creating goes back in my family for generations. Is it just because I was around it that I picked it up? I don't believe that to be true, but rather part of my DNA. I could deny the pull to create, but it is still there.

I have read books stating that art is not who you are. Do you think this is true?

Keep Coloring Outside the Lines,
Sandra