All the Things We Achieve Are Things We Have First Of All Imagined.

I found this in my files and it shouldn't be there. Someone wise told me you shouldn't use the words "should" and "shouldn't." There is a recovery saying that goes: Never should on yourself. All my life I wanted to be an artist. I am able to do a little. I have a very small amount of talent. It is an amazing thing when you get the chance to experience a lifelong dream. Art school was an experience that taught me I could do most anything I set my mind to. Lately I have been creating a lot. I hope to post a few pieces in the next couple of days. Art has always helped me to do the things I "shouldn't" have been able to do. I was a high school dropout. I left at the beginning of the tenth grade because of ongoing issues at home that I was too immature to resolve. Eventually I was able to get my equivalency diploma. I went to college and met a wonderful teacher who encouraged me to follow my  heart and go to art school. I did not graduate. I have always had health problems. And my health suffered with the stress of school. I eventually want back to college and graduated. I learned that with my art training I was a much better student, much more rounded. All the things I learned in art school helped me with my coursework. For a long time I felt like a failure because I did not finish my art education. I came to realize that art is only one thing I do and I'm capable of doing many things.