A new writer was asking how to assess his progress.

Would he finish?

Would there be an audience?

Was it important they like it?

There are artists compelled to create. They paint alone and fight off the visitors.

There are artists in dialogue with a small community who explore together.

There are artists who find the whole process mystical, and the results confuse them no less than anyone else.

There are artists who make it to the light of attention who dare not read the reviews.

To be an artist is to find your creative home : The right chair and keyboard, paints and bowl, drink and goblet.

And the right delivery mechanism, witnesses, and distance.