@mayasky, thanks for stopping by, and for your thoughtful comment!
The road of the artist can be particularly challenging because art is our passion, but it's not always possible (or easy) to make that passion actually pay for our lives. My wife and I have a small art gallery here in our town, and we have been waiting for a "new" artist to bring in her work. Well, she works a full week at the Post Office, and then does her art beside that... and she's often just too tired after working at making a living to also work to create art... which is sad.