50% Of Being An Artist Is 100% Mental

  I've decided this is going to be my year, the year I strike it big as an artist. The year I start to realize all my dreams. I want to be artistically self sufficient. I want a nice studio. I want a gallery. I want to be able to help other creative types realize their potential. I want to be able to hire my friends to run my empire. I think it's all within reason. It's not like I want to have the first art gallery on the moon. I'd just like to be able to live my life the way I want to, to not have to punch the clock making money for someone else. I want to look back on my life and not have any regrets. I've sold two paintings this week and possibly a handful more in the next few days. I just need to look at every decision I make from now on and see how it affects my artist's bottom line. I need to be an artist first. I need to be an artist all the time.

                                   He Takes No Reprimand