Take the Craft Seriously—or Stop Paying for the Dream

Nine weeks in a row. Nine weeks of paying for studio time. Nine weeks of showing up. And now I’m sitting at home listening to the work asking myself a question I can’t avoid anymore: Am I actually going to take this craft seriously, or am I eventually going to have to find something else to do? Because dreaming is easy. Paying for the dream every week is different. Practicing is different.…