I was working on this while listening to your story, developing my own fledgling artistic practice.
It was really nice to hear from someone else who came to visual arts a bit later in life, rather than going straight to art school, and who had the courage to give things up for their new career.
I’m coming up on some life changes, which brings a lot of uncertainty, and I struggle with anxiety, so listening to your story gave me some much needed motivation to keep up with my meditation, keep practising my art and to keep looking for ways to make a the jump into the creative field.
Maybe I’ll frame this frenetic humming bird and hang it in my office cubicle, to remind me.