I’d like to take a moment to list the qualifications that you need to be a creative.
1. (Expletive)
End of list.
What you need is a desire to create and a willingness to put up with all the B.S. (read as B-S) in order to see your project through.
Sometimes the art itself is the easy part, but the getting it seen is the problem.
Other times you have to noodle something around for a decade in order to make sense of it.
Regardless of how long the steeping process is, the key ingredient is always going to be seeing it through to completion.
Running and marathon and finishing a marathon are two very different things.
There will always be discomforts and injuries along the way. That’s just the cost of doing business.
If you’re looking for an excuse for a way out, there is a 100% chance that you’ll find one.
Don’t get to work.
Go to art.
Create the war you’ve been fighting for.