A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.
Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken pork half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone I'd get self-conscious.
We are the creative force of our life and through our own decisions rather than our conditions if we carefully learn to do certain things we can accomplish those goals.