>>19174677The thing is that being an artists is a solo gig basically. Yes Bernini had an entire atelier of assistants who were brilliant at what they did. Bernini would sketch out the clay maquette and his crew would turn the maquette into a magnificent cut stone masterpiece. The clean up crew would polish the marble to a fine gloss rubbing the roughly carved marble with the butt ends of straw bundles for ages. But basically you are a loner which is my dream. Working for others is hell. Being a loner is precarious. I am a loner. If you want security get a job with the gubmint. I agonized over what I was going to do with my life in my twenties and decided to swing for the fences. I actually proved I could do it but then money and time ran out, then society changed dramatically in its very fabric. I had to eat the poverty and the defeat and just keep marching forward. I deeply sympathize with gen Z. I'm like their vanguard. The 80's were hell on earth for me.
