Post #287890 by ikitnrev on Sat, Feb 24, 2007 9:38 AM

• In my life, I have always had to run a road that has paralleled a frontage road of what I would consider my bliss...still, I have had to house, feed, and love a family too.... *

I believe that the first step for being an artist is not when you first grab a new tool in your hands, although that is an important milestone, but when your mind starts thinking of new possibilities, of new ideas, of new works of art to produce some day. With this definition, Babulu, you have been an artist all your life -- you are just waiting for the chance to metamorphize into a true, producing artist, that can design and create tangible results for others to look at and hold in their hands.

So many people in life have no urge to create, or are simply content being consumers of art, and not interested in all in picking up the paintbrush or chisel. So many people are completely oblivious to that artistic frontage road that lies parallel to them - all they see is the road ahead, and perhaps an ocassional exit sign.

I also appreciate those who have decided to create art, and to those who have spent many, many hours learning their tradecraft.

Vern