Are You an Artist?

Here's how you'll know:


You’re an artist. You do it because you love it. That’s not enough. You fail. Go home.

You’re an artist. You do it because you don’t know how to do anything else nearly as well. You fail. Go home.

You’re an artist because you can’t not do it. You take shit jobs at shit pay so you can keep doing it. The hours you do the art are momentous and backbreaking. Most of your time is spent paying rent....

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