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tacocat  ·  3385 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hi, My name is Steven, I'm an artist, who are you?

I'm an artist. My name is Chris. I have a BFA in studio art. My artistry is (tenuously) recognized by the state.

I work in the art industry in a way. I work in a frame shop, cutting glass and matting people's posters and pictures or whatever. It interferes with my art more than the other way around. I try to work on something everyday, even if I'm sorta repeating myself all the time, at least I've made it a routine. I couldn't feed myself on the money I make from art so the job is pretty important financially. I am poor as fuck. I'm an artist. My tools sometimes spend a week at the pawn shop.

I want to move into writing. I'm pretty good at it but I'm not trained in it the way I am with the artsy fartsy. I have a couple ideas I'm working on but it's harder to make it a habit every day when I have much less of an idea of what I'm doing.