For many of us, there seems to always be this lingering feeling of being evaluated by people in our past because they have only ever known one side of us. It feels as if we owe them an explanation as to how we got here, filling in the gaps of our drastically changing life choices. The people who have known us the longest often have a more difficult time accepting our growth. Those worth your time and energy need not know how you got here, but can celebrate you wholly as you are today.

In a world where every color imaginable is available at your local art supply shop, why would anyone bother to make their own colors and binders? In a similar sense, there is something to be said about growing and cooking your own food rather than going through a drive-through to pick it up. It’s convenient. Sure. However, the connection between the processes is interrupted. We lose touch with knowing fundamental skills, and we consume food without intention. Artists have the drive to want to create regardless if the rest of the world tells them AI could do better. If this primitive curiosity to want to know where things come from and how things are made resonates with you, then look no further and read on!