FLIGHT

This is to anyone who would know or have experienced it.

I've read both Flight volume 1 and 2. It is absolutely breathtaking and punctures a person deep within because in some way, we can relate. IT's incredibly stunning. I'm certainly excited about volume 3. The cover itself is gorgeous. I'm straying though

This may be personal, or someone else might've asked... but I wanted to know what it's like being artists and storytellers. The life of it, what you do, who you do it for, what it means to you, is it a job, a hobby, or a love... All of it. I want to become someone who works with art, too. Someone who creates it, expresses it. An artist, a designer, a painter, a comic book artist, a writer even. But I guess you can say that I'm scared of what the future holds for me, because I'm not sure if it holds anything. In shorter terms, I just want to know what it's like for any of you now and how you came to be at this moment.

Nothing too hard to ask for, I'm hoping Thanks, though, if you reply to this (in advance). It means a lot.

Being creative is a hobby for most of us. While it is very enjoyable, I wouldn't look to it to make yourself whole or happy. What you do is really secondary to being able to enjoy life and the people around you.

I'd agree with Rad... And I think I can say that we all pretty much dove into this for the love of it, since Flight is a project created solely by its contributors. There was no expectation of anything beyond the book itself. The work itself is the satisfaction--I think if you take that attitude, you don't have to be scared about "what the future holds" for you. If you want to be "someone who works with art," then just do it. Don't worry about whether you're going to have to call it your "job" or your "hobby," just make something! I realize it can get complicated, figuring out what you want to do with your life, but for artistic pursuits (and perhaps a lot of other things), I think the best advice is to just get on with it and take it one step at a time. There are no real external assurances, but the good news is that with this stuff, the only really important assuarances are the ones that come from you. Jeez, I hope this doesn't sound like a cheesy self-help manual or something.

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it's hard for me to step outside of being an artist, because i've just always been one. it's part of who i am, whether i choose to keep it a hobby or make a career of it.

but...i used to wonder what it was like to be a musician. i could listen to and enjoy music and musicians, without being one myself. in 6th grade, i was in a mandatory choir class. and suddenly, i was a musician! i found that i really enjoyed singing, and i continued to do it for the next 10 years.

later, i wondered what it was like to be computer literate. i didn't have access to one until i was in college, and then the learning curve was huge, so watching other people use them was very intimidating. now, of course, it's an integral part of my life that i can't imagine being without. it just took me a few years (and my own computer) to get to that point.

i guess my point is, you can be whatever you want to be--just try it. if you draw a comic, you're a cartoonist. if you write a poem, you're a poet. it's a state of mind.

i still wonder what it's like to be an athlete, a guitar player, a cook...maybe one of these days, i'll try those things out!

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Sorry I haven't been on much. But thank you everyone. It's been helpful. I think I'll just go with it and just see what happens. It's never too late to make mistakes and to change. Well, unless you're on your death bed, but . . .

I don't think it sounds like a cheesy self-help manual. Then again, sometimes we need those sorts of things to get our heads straight. I'm still trying to straighten mine out. I see so many wonderful works of artists and I guess I feel intimidated, but that's always going to be around, isn't it? I just have to be confident. I know it shouldn't exactly rule my life, though. I'll see.

I hope Flight 3 will be a success. It'll probably be wonderful Good luck!