I’m 27.

Vincent van Gogh, the eldest son of a Dutch Reformed minister and a bookseller’s daughter, pursued various vocations, including that of an art dealer and clergyman, before deciding to become an artist at the age of twenty-seven.

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Being an artist

Interesting comment about wanting to be an artist, and feeling weird to called youself an artist when you don’t seem to be one 100% of your time…”And it bothered me to declare myself something, but not be it. Again, I felt I wasn’t being real.” -Alex Beauchamp. I do claim to be one, but I’m a designer 50% of my time. Isn’t design some kind of art? ……….. No. Maybe. I don’t know. I just feel art is a really big chunk of my life and myself.

So. I’m an artist.

“I think one thing I’ve learned from all of this though, is that as an artist or writer, you don’t ever feel 100% accomplished, finished, secure, or that feeling of “I’ve made it and now it’s enough.” All the artists that I’ve ever talked to, have echoed this. Each day can be scary or wonderful. The only difference is, you feel better about it all.”-Alex Beauchamp

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