I was always an artist, I just didn't know it. Without any formal training, I've won awards in costume design and makeovers. Unfortunately, painting a rock as a child, and winning the park department art contest, for my rock depiction of a school bus didn't sink 'artist' into my psyche. Neither did an awesome album cover drawing, winning door decorations, having sketched cherished family portraits or creating hand painted Christmas cards, or an Archdiocese approval and church sharing of a drawing, convince me. I suppose if I think about it, there were many instances in which...more
